Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Late Bronze Age palstave

Fragment of the central portion of a palstave, with the ends of three parallel ribs below the stop, and trimmed seams.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

31.62/10

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:43.0
(): length / mm
(): maximum width / mm:34.0
(): width / mm
(): maximum thickness / mm:19.5
(): thickness / mm
(): weight / g:151.4

Material

copper alloy

Location

In store
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