A bronze palstave with leaf-shaped flanges and splayed blade; another similar, decorated with five vertical ribs at top of blade -- 6¾in. (17.1cm.) and 5 1/8in. (13cm.) long respectively; a bronze socketed axe head, with curved blade and double ribbed collar at the mouth, three tapering ribs on each face, with side suspension loop; and another two similar, one without ribs -- 4in. (10.1cm.) long max., all Bronze Age, early 1st millennium B.C. (5)

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A bronze palstave with leaf-shaped flanges and splayed blade; another similar, decorated with five vertical ribs at top of blade -- 6¾in. (17.1cm.) and 5 1/8in. (13cm.) long respectively; a bronze socketed axe head, with curved blade and double ribbed collar at the mouth, three tapering ribs on each face, with side suspension loop; and another two similar, one without ribs -- 4in. (10.1cm.) long max., all Bronze Age, early 1st millennium B.C. (5)

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