Looped palstaves of the type of Fig. 74 are occasionally found in Ireland. One with a small bead running down the centre of the blade found in West Meath is engraved in the Archæologia.[317]
One from Grenoble,[318] Isère, is engraved by Chantre.
——— Fig. 74.—Wallingford. ½ ——— Fig. 75.—Stanton Harcourt. ½
Some palstaves of much the same general character have a median ridge, occasionally almost amounting to a rib, running down the blade below the stop. One of this kind from Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, is shown in Fig. 75. On the face of the recess there are some slightly raised ribs running down to the stop, which are not shown in the cut. Two (6¾ inches) were found near Bolton Percy, Yorkshire, one of which is in Canon Greenwell’s collection, and the other in the British Museum.
Mr. John Brent, F.S.A., has an example of nearly the same type from Blean, near Canterbury. Another from Buckland, near Dover (6¼ inches), is in the Mayer Collection at Liverpool. One from Ombersley,[319] Worcestershire, appears to be of the same kind. I have also a large specimen (6⅞ inches) from Bottisham, Cambridge.
In the palstave engraved as Fig. 76, the central rib down the blade is much more fully developed. It was found at Brassington, near Wirksworth, Derbyshire, and is in my own collection. It is considerably undercut at the stop, so as to keep the handle pressed against the central diaphragm of metal.
A palstave of the same character from Llanidan,[320] Anglesea, has been figured. It is said to have been found with another without a loop. Another from Boston,[321] Lincolnshire, is engraved in the Archæologia. Others with the ribs very distinct were found in a hoard at Wallington, Northumberland, and are in the possession of Sir Charles Trevelyan.
I have seen others of the same general character which were found at Downton, near Salisbury (5¾ inches), and at Aston le Walls, Northamptonshire.