Record ID: LANCUM-B39815
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast cu-alloy flanged axe dating from the Middle Bronze Age, i.e. ca. 1400-1250 BC. This flanged axe is part of the Taunton metalwork assemblage, when winged axes are more common in Northern England. There is a lozenge/oval shaped flange on each side of the butt end. The outer side of each flange is slightly convex, resulting in the gap between the flange crests narrowing at the top above the septum. The blade tip is crescent shaped and there are very faint hammer marks and striations from repeated sharpening of the axe. There is no obvious damage to the butt, body, wings or blade. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL865
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Haft-flanged axehead with splayed blade.
Created on: Thursday 7th October 1999
Last updated: Monday 14th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LANCASHIRE UPPER RAWCLIFFE WITH TARNACRE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-8E59B7
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete cast copper alloy short flanged axehead, probably related to Type Callendar, dating from the Middle Bronze Age period c. 1400-1200BC. The axe survives in complete and in very good condition. The edge as well as the top of the butt are very worn, but overall the surfaces are in fair condition. The cross section is rectangular and the flanged are flat diamond-shaped. There is no stop ridge, but a small, low edge to stop the haft from pushing forwards. Even though there is a shallow crescent-shaped moulding, this is functional rather than ornamental and the axe is plain without …
Created on: Monday 19th May 2003
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirkby Lonsdale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EFEAC0
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy flanged axe of the Arreton metalwork assemblage of the British early Middle Bronze Age dating from c. 1700-1500BC. The axe is complete and has an extremly widely splayed blade. The outside of the flanges bear the characteristic diagonal 'rope' decoration of axes of this type. Judging from the picture, it is complete and apart from striations and other marks of wear on the lower part of the blade, it is undamaged. The find was not seen by FLO; photograph was kindly supplied by finder.
Created on: Thursday 1st June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 13th March 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CCF05
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A short cast copper-alloy flanged axe with high, triangular-shaped flanges and no stop ridge. The side view shows that the flanges almost form a diamond in plan. The sides are parallel and the blade is moderately splayed. From the image supplied by the finder alone, signs of wear or re-sharpening marks are difficult to distinguish, but the uncurved/unworked flanges may suggest that, in fact, it had not received a haft and was never used. This short flanged axe is was probably part of the Taunton metalwork assemblage dating from approximately 1400-1300BC Many thanks to the finder…
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 9th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-D84888
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast cu-alloy flanged axe of Caverton metalwork tradition (BA stage: Acton Park). It is complete and has a chocolate-brown patina. The casting seams have been taken off and the remains smoothed down. The blade was hammered into shape and is now splayed/crescent-shaped. The cutting edge is still sharp and there are not very many re-sharpening marks visible. Also, there is only a small number of nicks and dents which means that it has not been extensively used. Schmidt, P.K. and Burgess, C. 1981. The Axes of Scotland and Northern Britain, eg no. 474
Created on: Monday 13th June 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2013
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Record ID: LVPL2230
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
This record has been updated and reinterpreted 4/5/21 by Peter Reavill with the support of Dr Brendan O'Connor. The original record was made 18 years ago on the original PAS database. A cast copper alloy short-flanged axehead of Middle Bronze Age date (1600-1250 BC). Unfortunately there is only one view of the axe making the form difficult to be identify specifically to a type or sub-type. The blade is worn and crescentic in shape and the upper blade has a shield pattern directly below the relatively prominent stopridge. This stop ridge is not fused to the side flanges which …
Created on: Monday 2nd September 2002
Last updated: Tuesday 4th May 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-AAE7B2
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy flanged axe, butt end and corners of blade broken off. The axe is of light green/brown colour with some flecks of original golden surface coming through where the patina has peeled off. It is not a very good casting, because the halves of the mould were not fitted very well: Looking at the axe from the side, the flanges are at a slightly different height and position. The axe is part of the Taunton (Ornament Horizon/Glentrool/Caldonshill) metalwork tradition (e.g. Schmidt, P.K. and Burgess, C. 1981, no. 525).
Created on: Friday 18th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nr Lancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-893116
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete cast copper alloy flanged or early palstave axe from the very late Early to early Middle Bronze Age. This flanged axe shares characteristics of the Arreton and Acton Park metalwork assemblages. Arreton and Acton Park Types date to metalworking stage VI, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 4 circa 1750-1550 BC. The axe is broadly rectangular in plan with a crescent shaped blade. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a narrow rounded butt and cutting edge. From the butt the body extends, remaining fairly uniform in width until widening to the splayed…
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2013
Last updated: Monday 16th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'TUNBROOK WOODS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-CBC7BD
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper-alloy flanged axe dating from the Early Bronze Age, c. 1700-1400BC. Probably Arreton metalwork assemblage. It has a patchy green/brown patina that is pitted in places and with some areas of corrosion, but is otherwise complete. The blade is crescentic in form, flaring at each side and triangular in profile. The cutting edge remains relatively sharp and perhaps has signs of resharpening. It has a flat, rectangular body that thickens towards the centre where there is a slight ridge that is apparent to the touch but has not developed into a proper stop ridge, before taper…
Created on: Friday 8th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Longridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-5B9AE9
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Bronze Age III - Middle Bronze Age I (1800-1500 BC) flanged axe head or axe shaped ingot, possibly water rolled, and unusual in its crudeness. Its uneven shape makes accurate measurement and labelling of areas difficult, but the thickest section is approximately 14mm at its widest pont, and the blade tip is an uneven 2-4 mm in fluctuation. The surface is pitted and appears to have delaminated; areas show different levels and kinds of corrosion, varying from predictable greens to a blueish tinge. The rear of the object is not bilaterally symmetrical but has a thumbprint-s…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 26th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dalton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-295E04
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy long flanged axehead of Arreton Tye dating to the Early Bronze Age, c. 1800-1700 BC. The axehead has a rounded arched butt and slightly diverging sides that abruptly expand to a broad crescentic blade and cutting edge, with the blade tips at right angles to the sides; but not recuriving. Cast flanges extent along the sides, rising very gradually from the butt towards the middle of the axe and sloping down again to the blade expansion. This gives the axe a very shallow lenticular side profile. The flanges are slightly triple-faceted, so are slightly angled inwar…
Created on: Thursday 28th January 2021
Last updated: Sunday 26th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-AC379B
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Early to the Middle Bronze Age cast copper alloy flanged axehead (developed flat axe). For just over two thirds of its length if has roughly parallel straight sides and a width of approximately 25mm. About 30mm from the cutting end, the axe thins and splays into a crescentic edge. The straight median sections have raised 'flanges' (approximately 2mm high) inset from their bevelled edges by approximately 3mm. Each bevelled face on the sides is about 8mm at its widest, and narrow to the ends. The butt end is roughly squared off. 43mm from the butt end on each face there are proto stop r…
Created on: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Last updated: Friday 22nd April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Clitheroe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-FA40F5
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) short flanged axe of Middle Bronze Age dating, probably of the Acton Park or Taunton metalwork assemblage and dating from c.1500 to c. 1300BC. The palstave has a slight depression below the stop ridge on each face which may be a worn shield shaped pattern. The blade of the palstave is sub-triangular in plan, with convex expanding sides, and a convex cutting edge. One side of the cutting edge is more rounded and worn than the other. The cutting edge measures 3 mm thick. In profile the blade is sub-triangular with the widest section being befo…
Created on: Thursday 13th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 14th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Up Holland', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-F0B1FD
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper-alloy flanged axehead dating to the middle Bronze Age (c. 1300 - 1200 BC). The axehead is a Later Short Flanged axehead of Type Lissett. The axehead has a narrow rectangular-sectioned body that widens and flattens at one end into a curved cutting edge. The other end flattens into a blunt edge. A pair of lozenge-shaped flanges are present on either side of the butt end. The object is light brown in colour with a patchy green patina. It is 156.0mm in length, 66.5mm in width and 36.5mm in thickness. It weighs 474g. This type of axehead is common in East Yorkshire but have bee…
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 31st January 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-B21176
Object type: FLANGED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but degraded flanged copper alloy flat axe head. It is approximately rectangular, widening along its length towards the blade. The blade flares out to the side. In profile the axe is lenticular, wide in the centre. There is a faint suggestion of parallel lines decorating the object in the top half towards the blade. Also faint are traces of low flanges having been present at one time.The face are worn and degraded, and some of the metal is now missing as a result, especially on one side of the blade, which may also be the reason that the flanges are barely discernible. It is…
Created on: Wednesday 20th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 8th November 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Cantsfield', grid reference and parish protected.