Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Carisbrooke Museum,22
Site: England, isle of wight,near fairlee?,found during the construction of the newport and ryde railway
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Fairlee
County: Isle of Wight
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 141
Width (mm): 27
Edge (mm): 42
Thickness (mm): 24
Weight (g): 347
Other: Width: edge 42mm; centre 27mm,Thickness: 24mm; 5.5mm,Weight: 346.5 gms
Associations: Part of a hoard of 31 palstaves, weighing altogether 10,304 gms.
Description: Much oxidised and damaged.