Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Dorchester Museum.,12.,Given by Mr. J. Wood.,? on display, no label
Site: England, dorset,winterborne steepleton.
Parish: Winterborne Steepleton.
County: Dorset
Country: England
Grid reference: [Sideways A in circle]
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 160
Edge (mm): 55
Patina: Dark patina, which has been chipped off all but part of one face
Surface: surface slightly pitted.
Other: 2 cross section drawings of palstave on reverse.,Loop is broken but long stumps are mostly intact.,Edge and butt worn, butt slightly rounded.,Blade longer than septum.,Flanges flare out in centre of septum, widest point on palstave is on flanges about halfway up septum. Flanges taper away a little ways before butt.,Stop floor angled slightly back towards butt.
Description: one loop, which is broken.