Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Late Bronze Age looped palstave

Narrow-bladed palstave, with three parallel, slightly diverging, ribs on each face. The butt is missing.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

35.676/1

Find Information

Site Name: Coed y Graig, Peniarth-uchaf

Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1886 / March

Notes: found whist digging out rabbits

Acquisition

donation, 29/11/1935

Measurements

length / mm:147.0
width / mm:54.0 (of blade)
weight / g:552.8

Material

Copper alloy
Northover's composition group: T

Location

location verified by JLD
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