Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Baggett, Mr. Tony - private,& Meek, Mr. Alan (Dec 1990),Flat 3, 24 Callcott Rd., Landon NW6 7EA
Site: England, hertfordshire,weston,hickman's hill
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Weston
County: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Grid reference: TL 267 310
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 169
Width (mm): 22
Edge (mm): 46
Thickness (mm): 4
Weight (g): 494
Surface: Approx. half with surviving mid-green patina in patches; rest flaked to sl. undulating bluer green surface.
Associations: SIngle
Description: Dimensions: L 169.3mm; We 46.2mm; Wbt 21.5mm; Tbt 4.2mm; max T sep 9.3mm; Hst. 11.5mm; Bst 32.5mm; max B loop 10.5mm; Wt. 494.4 gms (incl. some soil),Typology: flange of 'half-leaf' shape - broadest at base where level with stops; prominent triang. section to loop; sq. sep. sections; rounded stop crest; bold trident dec. with short stem,Manufacture: casting flashes extremely well removed and sides of blade neatly angled in section; thick butt end a broken surface; rather diffuse e. bev.; sl. emphasised blade corners - prob. from post-cast working,Condition: cutting edge all blunt, but. p. not surviving at it,Attached material: Still in dirty condition with loop and half of one septum soil filled
Remarks: Archive: xerox only,PRBAF: DF (S),Rec. SN Dec. 90,Source Sb. A.