Record ID: WMID-2C2FB2
Object type: AXE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron axe. Length: 155mm; width of blade: 43.3mm; thickness (butt): 40.6mm; mass: 710g. Triangular longitudinal section. Socket with rounded ends and straight sides (length: 42.3mm, width: 22.6mm). Curved wings projecting above and below the socket. In plan, the blade expands towards the cutting edge. One edge of the blade is broadly straight, and the other flares out. Corroded brown surface. A similar although larger axe is included in the: “London Museum Medieval Catalogue”, Ward-Perkins, 1940, number 4 (A13508), p. p56 and figure 12. Ward-Perkins comments that the “wood…
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2009
Last updated: Friday 30th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilam CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID3159
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The flint is a rectangular shape. One surface is convex, and this surface has been polished smooth. The narrow edges taper to a sharp edge. The other surface has flake scars, however one narrow end is also polished smooth. The flint has developed a mottled white and grey patina.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 21st May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WARWICKSHIRE PILLERTON HERSEY', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID5081
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The axe is made of iron. The shaft appears to be curled around to form a socket, but this is not certain. The upper edge of the blade is concave, the cutting edge of the blade is an expanded convex shape. The surface of the axe is corroded. The dating of the axe remains uncertain.
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2002
Last updated: Monday 15th July 2013
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: WMID134
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint axe.
Created on: Wednesday 9th September 1998
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WEST MIDLANDS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-0F8192
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A knapped / worked fragment from a possible polished Axehead, of probable Late Neolithic dating (3000 to 2100 BC). The possible axe fragment is sub rectangular in plan, with a sub oval cross section. Approximately 50% of the possible axehead fragment are present, consisting of the blade end. Signs of abrasion / plough roll are present on the majority of the surfaces. The possible axehead fragment measures 53.37mm in length, 43.96mm wide and 18.5mm thick. It weighs 52.8 grams.
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
No spatial data available.