Object: Looped palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Reading Museum 3:53
Site: England, berkshire,thames,monkey island, bray,this provenance merely means that the palstave was dredged from some part of the river thames because thames conservancy desdging have been dumped there over a period of years. at the time of the finding (december 1953) the t.c.b. were dredging near maidenhead bridge and this may be its true provenance.
Discovery context: river,dredged
Parish: Bray
County: Berkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1953
Patina: None; stripped to metal.
Surface: Good.
Composition: Bronze.
Description: This palstave has been cleaned. In the groove are traces of wood.