Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Middle Bronze Age bronze unlooped palstave

Very similar to 18.77/3, but with a bolder stop-ridge and more carefully finished altogether. Poorly defined shield-pattern on the blade. There are hammer marks visible on the blade surfaces.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

18.77/4

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:187.0
width / mm:76.5 (edge)
weight / g:719.6

Techniques

Cast

Material

Copper alloy

Location

location verified by JLD
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