Object: Palstave
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: 1855.3-10.2
Site: England, lincolnshire,lincoln
Parish: Lincoln
County: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SK 97 71
Year of discovery: 1887
Length (mm): 153
Width (mm): 24
Edge (mm): 62
Thickness (mm): 34
Weight (g): 407
Patina: Brown
Surface: Smooth.
Composition: Bronze
Other: Width: butt 24mm; blade 62mm
Description: Strong side and stop ridges. Edge of blade broken. Indentation with three vertical ribs below stop ridges. Slight imboss midway at sides. Blade slightly pitted.
Remarks: Found at sewage works, above hill. Lincoln about 1887. Presented by A.W. Franks, Esq.