Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Late Bronze Age looped palstave
Of Late type, with square sockets, plain narrow blade, and butt broken off one inch above the straight, undercut stop ridge.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
54.82/3
Find Information
Site Name: Pigeon's Cave, Great Ormes Head
Collection Method: chance find
Date: 1898
Notes: Hoard. Two gold lock-rings were found with a bronze palstave and a bronze socketed implement near the Pigeon’s Cave on the Great Orme in 1898. The hoard was supposedly found by two youths amongst the debris at the back of a large loose rock. The account of discovery is recorded by Savory (1958, 56-57) following a newspaper report from 1898 and the exact relationship of the hoard to Pigeon’s Cave is unclear. The Pigeon’s Cave is situated near the sea, and it is unlikely the hoard was associated with a burial.
Acquisition
Bequest, 29/3/1954
Measurements
(): maximum length / mm:110.5 (surviving)
(): length / mm
(): width / mm:48.0 (of blade)
(): maximum thickness / mm:32.0 (at bar stop)
(): thickness / mm
(): weight / g:360.9
(): minimum thickness / mm:10.5*
(): thickness / mm
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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