Record ID: IOW-CD8486
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Middle to Late Bronze Age copper-alloy palstave or axehead (1600 BC-801 BC). This fragment is the lower half of the blade and is 'V'-shaped in side profile. The surviving part is the cutting edge. There is a transverse break at the top. The fragment is corroded overall. Height: 18.0mm; width: 48.3mm; thickness; 8.1mm. Weight: 21.71g.
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2016
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-453F24
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Middle to Late Bronze Age cast copper-alloy palstave or axehead (1600 BC-801 BC). This fragment is sub-rectangular in plan and 'V'-shaped in side profile. The surviving part is the cutting edge which is broken and there is also a transverse break at the top. The fragment is corroded overall. Height: 14.08mm; width: 21.24mm; thickness: 8.23mm. Weight: 8.88g.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd July 2013
Last updated: Monday 12th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-97E5B4
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Possibly a fragment of a Bronze Age axehead (2150 BC – 800 BC). Length: 44.1mm; width: 40.4mm; thickness: 21.3mm; weight: 121.82g. The fragment appears to be the lower part of a large axehead consisting of the lower part of the blade with an incomplete curved cutting edge. There are no casting seams or flash. All the surfaces are corroded, pitted and uneven. Traces of a mid-brown patina survive.
Created on: Wednesday 4th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.