Record ID: IOW-9C577A
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Bronze Age copper-alloy palstave (1500 BC - 1150 BC). This implement is sub-triangular in plan and side view. The butt, flange, septum, loop (if one existed) and part of the blade are missing and there are two old breaks. The upper break, close to where a stop-ridge may have existed, is sub-rectangular in cross-section and measures 23.3mm in width and 13.6mm in thickness. The edges of the blade are slightly convex. From the upper break, the sides flare evenly outwards towards the cutting edge. Less than half of the cutting edge has survived as there is an oblique br…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2018
Last updated: Friday 9th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.