Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum,Greenwell Collection,WG 1838
Site: England, berkshire,r. kennet, near reading,1886,"...dredged out of the river kennet near reading, was exhibited to the society of antiquities by mr. money, and is now in the b.m."
Discovery context: river,dredged
County: Berkshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SU 71 73
Year of discovery: 1886
Length (mm): 162
Width (mm): 28
Edge (mm): 51
Thickness (mm): 35
Weight (g): 507
Patina: Greenish brown.
Surface: Smooth.
Composition: Bronze
Other: Width: butt 28mm; blade 51mm
Description: Broken at end of butt and one point of blade. long loop, strong stop ridges.
Publications: Trans. Newbury and District F. C., Vol. 4 (1886-95), 190.
Remarks: Inacc.