Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Middle Bronze Age bronze unlooped palstave
Less graceful in shape than palstaves 18.77/1-4 and roughly cast and finished. The 'shield' is flat and only defined by the continuation of the flanges. There is a faint mid-rib below the shield. The butt is slightly damaged. There are hammer marks visible on both of the blade surfaces.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
18.77/5
Find Information
Site Name: Acton Park Estate, Wrexham
Date: 1874
Notes: Found "a little before 1874" (RCAM Denbighshire, No.31) in the garden of a house called Acton Nursery.
Acquisition
Donation, 3/6/1918
Measurements
length / mm:165.0
width / mm:73.5 (edge)
weight / g:634.7
Material
copper alloy
Techniques
cast
Location
In store
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