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Middle Bronze Age bronze looped palstave
'Waisted' palstave type, with worn blade.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
18.78/1
Find Information
Site Name: Nant Saeason, Mynydd Tal-y-glannau
Collection Method: Surface find
Date: 1902 / Jun
Notes: found while cutting for peat on Mynydd Tal-y-glannau, c.10km NE of Cemmaes, in the general area of the stated coordinates. A total of 18 palstaves were found in 1902, with a further specimen found in 1929, and were distributed among private individuals shortly after their discovery.
Acquisition
donation, 3/6/1918
Measurements
Length
(mm): 157.0
Width
(mm): 65.0 (of blade)
Weight
(g): 406.8
Material
Copper alloy
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