Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Late Bronze Age palstave
Fragment of the central portion of a palstave, with the base of a thick central rib and weaker converging ribs on either side, below missing stop. The seams are trimmed.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
31.62/7
Find Information
Site Name: Crowther's Camp, Guilsfield
Date: 1862
Notes: Found during the digging of a field drain, packed tight as though originally deposited in a perishable container, on the south-east side of Rhuallt, 100m from Crowther's Camp, an Early Iron Age hillfort, near Guilsfield.
Measurements
maximum length / mm:45.0
length / mm
maximum width / mm:27.5
width / mm
maximum thickness / mm:20.0
thickness / mm
weight / g:134.9
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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