Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Middle Bronze Age bronze palstave
Plain, narrow blade with expanded cutting edge and butt broken off. There are hammer marks clearly visible on the blade surfaces.
Bronze palstave, 1400-1275 BCE. Found at Priory Farm Cave, south-west Wales.
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Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
09.18/1.1
Find Information
Site Name: Priory Farm Cave, Monkton
Grid Reference: SM 90 SE
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1906-1907
Notes: Also see accession number 34.16 for an Upper Palaeolithic burin from the same excavation.
Measurements
maximum length / mm:67.0 (of fragment)
length / mm
width / mm:60.0 (of blade)
thickness / mm:17.0
weight / g:180.7
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