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PALSTAVE

Unique ID: KENT368

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

lead single looped palstave, loop broken, plough damage to side of blade, crude style

Notes:

more locational information: this item was found five metres from the junction of the interesection of Merton Lane and Iffin Lane

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1200 BC
Date to: Circa 700 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 95 mm
Width: 38 mm
Thickness: 22 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st May 1998

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Canterbury (District)
To be known as: KENT CANTERBURY

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: The finder suggests that a large amount of material was dumped on the land from a nearby railway cutting. There is a large volume of post medievel material, e.g. 17th. c. buckles etc., as well as bronze (?) slag
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Unknown

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Recording Institution: KENT
Created: 25 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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