Record ID: LVPL-BE80A5
Object type: AXE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast blade of an iron axe, the socket end is missing from an old break and the blade is highly corroded. It is rectangular in cross section and triangular in plan. It is quite a small axe and very thick, 22.34mm. Axes do not change a great deal between the Roman and Modern periods and features that can suggest more precise dating, such as the socket shape and the way the blade joins the socket, are missing in this example.
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-05ECD5
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very small stone axe, probably dating from the Late Neolithic period, i.e. c. 2500-2100 BC. The axe is knapped from a dark grey buff (probably) volcanic tuff or possibly a softer material, i.e. sandstone. The axe is roughly triangular in shape with a straight and unworked blade (although that is difficult to determine because the surface is very worn) and long, shaped side facets. All surfaces are very worn and it is difficult to ascertain what wear marks are older and which are more recent. The material seems quite soft and (possibly) unusual for making a stone axe since even narrower…
Created on: Thursday 24th April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lancaster', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-0B61F3
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy casting or smelting waste, probably dating from the Middle or Late Bronze Age, i.e. c. 2000-800BC. It is likely that this is a fragment of a cu-alloy 'cake', ie the cu-alloy residue left over from the smelting process. This would then be broken into smaller pieces that various different artefacts can be cast from. Cake fragments such as this are a rare find for North West England. They are much more common in East Anglia as both single finds and in Late Bronze Age metalwork hoards. Dimensions: length: 27mm, width:13mm, thickness: 22mm amd weight: 19.4g.
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2010
Last updated: Thursday 20th January 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Morecambe area', grid reference and parish protected.