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Middle Bronze Age bronze palstave

Plain, narrow blade with expanded cutting edge and butt broken off. There are hammer marks clearly visible on the blade surfaces.

Bronze palstave, 1400-1275 BCE. Found at Priory Farm Cave, south-west Wales.

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Middle Bronze Age bronze palstave
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Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

09.18/1.1

Find Information

Site Name: Priory Farm Cave, Monkton

Grid Reference: SM 90 SE
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1906-1907

Notes: Also see accession number 34.16 for an Upper Palaeolithic burin from the same excavation.

Acquisition

Donation, 1909

Measurements

maximum length / mm:67.0 (of fragment)
length / mm
width / mm:60.0 (of blade)
thickness / mm:17.0
weight / g:180.7

Material

copper alloy

Location

St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Bronze Age Tools

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