Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge,Foster Bequest No. 16 (No. 18 is correct),Prehistoric Bronzes No. 37 (Catalogue is lost)
Site: scotland,ross-shire (ross and cromarty county)
Country: Scotland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 167
Width (mm): 24
Edge (mm): 75
Thickness (mm): 10
Weight (g): 492
Patina: Very dark brown.
Surface: Smooth and shiny
Other: Site: unspecified location in Ross-shire (Ross and Cromarty County) Scotland - geolocation not accurate to 10 kms,Length: 166.5mm; Width: edge 74.5mm; middle 24mm; butt 20mm,Thickness: 10mm; 33mm
Description: Triangular shield shaped ornament below the stop ridge and a vertical rib running through it down each face of the blade. Butt injured. A hole has recently been bored in the base (butt).