Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Late Bronze Age looped palstave
Palstave of late type; with plain narrow blade, a straight angular stop with surface sloping inwards. The butt has been broken off.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
31.62/4
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:101.0
(): length / mm
(): maximum width / mm:39.0 (of blade)
(): width / mm
(): maximum thickness / mm:32.0
(): thickness / mm
(): weight / g:268.2
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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