Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Museum of Archaeology, Cambridge
Site: England, norfolk,feltwell fen,1864
Parish: Feltwell
County: Norfolk
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 166
Width (mm): 24
Edge (mm): 76
Thickness (mm): 30
Weight (g): 464
Surface: Smooth and shiny. The metal shows through as though polished all over, except for a few discoloured patches of black or reddish brown.
Other: Width: edge 76mm; middle 24mm; butt 24mm,Thickness: 30 mm; 9.5mm
Description: High stop ridge. Flanges continue below stop and draw together almost meeting and nearly form the usual shield shaped ornament.
Publications: Prehistoric Bronzes 18, No catalogue found yet.,Bronzes 56, the numbers to be found in a catalogue called "Museum of Archaeology",Cambridge Antiquarian Society Catalogue 118, May 1884