Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Blackburn Museum.
Site: England, hampshire,hursley,on the estate of sir j. heathcote. feby. 1829.
Parish: Hursley
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1829
Length (mm): 162
Edge (mm): 69
Weight (g): 396.88
Patina: dark green. paler green where patina is rubbed off.
Surface: chipped in places. as if with a pick. (worn & rough in places)
Other: 3 cross section drawings of palstave on reverse.,2 short side ridges below stop.,Flanges broad, widen to widest point slightly above stop, taper before butt.,Butt notched, possibly some encrustment inside notch?,Blade widens evenly from stop to edge, edge crescent shaped with very small triangular tip flares.,Drawing does not appear to reflect description of edge dent and wing chipped.
Description: Edge dented. one wing badly chipped.