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Description: | A complete unlooped bronze palstave, measuring 135mm in length, 60.5mm in width, at the blade and 26mm thick. It has a trident pattern with four internal splayed ribs. The septum also has traces of parallel grooves against the stop ridge. The arched blade is widely splayed with re-curved tips. The side casting seams have been carefully tooled away and faint traces of herringbone decoration can be seen, these are most likely to have been applied after casting. Some relatively minor damage to the blade edge, including one chip can be seen. Several areas of bright surface can be seen due to recent agricultural damage. The original patination/colour is unknown due to a surface application of an unknown substance. Small areas of corrosive encrustation are present. This palstave is classified after Rowlands (Rowlands 1976, 31) as Class 1 developed shield pattern palstave of group 3 (or possibly group 5b, as it has a slight S-shaped blade form and possible internal grooves/ribs). It is late middle Bronze Age in date.
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