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Gallery Title
flanged axe
Accession Number NWHCM : 1998.101.4
Description
Axe, Early Bronze Age copper alloy flanged axe; arched shaped butt with cut away section, flanged sides narrow from butt before flaring out to blade edge which only has a slight curve, no bevel at blade, no stop ridge or bevel, no decoration, surface conditon is good although there are signs of plough damage
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This hoard that this axe comes from contains just four bronze ‘flanged’ axes. Three are typical of this form of axe, which was characteristic of that period in Britain. They each exhibit a widely splayed and rounded blade and all are decorated with delicate flecking below the blade. However, this fourth axe is very different in appearance. At 240mm, it measures twice the length of the others. It has a less-pronounced and flattened blade and also has a deliberate notch in the narrow end. This is a continental form of Middle-Late Bronze Age axe and was manufactured at Langquaid in Germany.
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