Record ID: NMS-D52D41
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead, corroded and damaged butt-end, sides expanding slightly to break, cutting edge missing (width 60mm). Body rectangular in section (9mm thick at break), thinning to butt-end (3mm thick). Length >46mm, width >32mm, weighs 56.98g. c.2350–c.1500 BC.
Created on: Monday 12th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Ellingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-CBA703
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large, heavily corroded Early Bronze Age flat axehead. It is ver broad and has a gently curved blade. Due to corrosion, no signs of wear or re-sharpenings can be made out. The butt and sides are very corroded as well, but there are certainly no traces of flanges - thus making it one of the earliest cu-alloy flat axes from the Early Bronze Age.
Created on: Monday 24th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-D234E8
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete (but badly corroded) cast bronze flat axe head, dating to the early Bronze Age between c. 2200-c. 1800 BC (length: 119mm; width at blade: 49mm; thickness 7mm; weight: 158.17g). The butt of the axe head was probably rounded is shape, but it is difficult to tell, particularly with bronze disease around the edges. The artefact then widens at gradually and has a slightly splayed blade end. A distinct blade edge is unidentifiable (thickness at blade tip: 4mm), again particularly due to corrosion and a small area of bronze disease. Overall, the axe head is in a worn but fair c…
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Croxden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-18ADC1
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead, 106mm long and 56mm wide. The axe is an early Bronze Age type.
Created on: Friday 9th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-82F415
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age Squat copper alloy flat axehead with slightly damaged butt-end, sides expanding and flaring slightly to rather asymmetrical cutting edge (width 60mm). Body rectangular in section and quite thick at mid-way point (10mm), thinning to butt-end and cutting edge. Surface corroded. Length 78mm, width 59mm, weighs 209g. c.2350 – c.1500 BC.
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemblington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-D8EEE6
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper alloy low-flanged axe of Early Bronze Age date. The axe belongs to Type Arreton (following Schmidt and Burgess 1981) or Class 5 (following Needham 1983; forthcoming). It can be dated to the Arreton metalworking phase (1725-1500 cal. BC), falling within the later half of Period 4 (Needham 1996; Needham et al. 1997). The axehead has an overall length of 122.7mm and weighs 270.7g. The butt is rounded and has a width of 20mm. The septum gradually thickens to the curved and prominent median bevel, positioned 55mm from the butt. The sides are comparatively straight and di…
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SOMDOR-C71623
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Bronze Age cast copper alloy thin-butted flat axehead. The body of the axe flares out into a crescent-shaped blade, although the cutting edge has been lost due to corrosion. The butt (33.84mm in width) curves slightly, but is also corroded. The axe shows some pitting on each surface but it is otherwise in good condition, with a rich greenish-brown patina. The body thickens in the middle so that the shaft sides have an elongated diamond shape, each with a longitudinal ridge in the centre. Another very slight ridge can be seen across the centre of the object, at its thic…
Created on: Wednesday 24th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-9CA9C4
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Early Bronze Age flat axe. This fragment represents the lower body and blade of the axe. When complete it would have been a flattened lentoid in profile. The remains of the body of the axe flare broadly into the crescentic blade. The cutting edge and blade tips are now heavily worn. To either side of the body of the axe are barely perceptible, low flanges that diminish before reaching the blade. The surface of the axe is heavily pitted. The original surface has a mid green patina, but exposed lower surfaces are light green and bright green. The upper body and butt of the ax…
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LEIC-2EBC45
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze age copper alloy flat axe, 89mm long and 42mm wide. The axe is in fair condition with a brown/green patina and weighs 95grams. The axe has a narrow and long body which begins 17mm wide and 3mm thick. It tapers gradually and reaches its thickest just under half way along its length where it is 10mm thick and 21mm wide. From this point the axe widens slightly and becomes gradually thinner until it fans out to a blade 42mm wide and 1.5mm thick.
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2005
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-0BA3F4
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast bronze flat axe, dating to the Bronze Age between c. 2,200 - c. 1,800 BC (length: 84.7mm; width at blade: 37.9mm; thickness: 12.1mm; weight: 111.13g). The butt of the axe head is incomplete, the neck and main body of the artefact thickens outwards and the incomplete blade splays outwards. The artefact is in a very worn, pitted and heavily corroded condition with some areas of bronze disease. Very little of the original patina remains.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2005
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shropshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-E3C9F1
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age narrow-butted flat axe with expanded cutting edge. One side has raised flanges that appear to be cast rather than hammered.
Created on: Monday 1st August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-B69B57
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly incomplete cast copper early Bronze Age flat axe head, dating to between c. 2,200-1,450 BC (length: 151mm; width at blade: 60.7mm; thickness: 13.1mm; weight: exceeds weight limit of scales). A large and heavy axe with much of the metal still existing, the butt is the thinnest point of the artefact and the width tapers outwards towards the blade which is slightly worn and broken. Overall, the axehead is in a worn and poor condition with a pitted surface and no original surface still existing.
Created on: Monday 18th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-9346C8
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper or copper-alloy flat axe of early Bronze Age date. The object has probably been made in a one piece mould. It measures 48.4mm long by up to 31.2mm wide, at the blade, and 8.6mm thick. Its surfaces are slightly convex and taper towards the asymmetrical blade. The surface is heavily pitted. It weighs 53.18g.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lacey Green', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-96C075
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cu-alloy tool, possibly a chisel. It is very thin and if not a tool of some kind it may have been part of a metal vessel (part of the handle?). There is a chance that it is a Bronze Age tool, but the overall shape does not suggest this (too thin for a wood working tool).
Created on: Friday 10th June 2005
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-81D3E1
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Butt fragment from an axehead of Bronze Age date. The butt fragment is likely to be from a developed flat axe or flanged axe of later Early Bronze Age date, metalworking stage IV, corresponding to Needham's 1996 Period 3, c. 2100 - 1700 BC. It is possible however, that the fragment may be from a small palstave of Middle Bronze Age date, c. 1500 - 1150BC. The fragment has a surviving length of 27.1mm and a maximum surviving width at the break of 15.9mm. The butt is neatly rounded and has a thickness of 1.3mm. The sides are straight and diverge gently before the break. The sides are …
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SWYOR-1EE112
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Early Bronze Age flat Axehead (possibly of Migdale type?) and dating to between 2200-1500 BC. The axehead has a thin narrow rounded butt. The body is thickened at the middle and thins again to a splayed blade and cutting edge. The axehead weights 217g and measures 99.6mm in length from butt to cutting edge. At the thickest point across the body of the axehead, it measures 11.1mm and the measurement across the blade is 58.7mm. The surface of the axehead is very corroded and pitted, only small patches of the original surface survive.
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2005
Last updated: Saturday 30th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Silsden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-B8AC38
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy, flat axehead of the Migdale-Marnoch tradition, dating from the early Bronze Age, 2150-1500BC. The axehead has a thin narrow rounded butt; the body then thickens in the middle and thins again to a splayed blade and cutting edge. There are slightly raised flanges along the sides. The surface of the axehead is quite corroded and pitted; only small patches of the original surface survive. The axehead measures 104.8mm long, 50.8mm wide across the blade and 11.8mm thick. It weighs 203gm.
Created on: Friday 6th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-E816A6
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age flat axe, made from a copper-alloy with a very high copper content still. The form and shape of the axe is still very close to the Neolithic silex forerunners. It does not have flanges or a stop-ridge. Overall, it is tear-shaped, with a small butt and a broad blade which is not sharp anymore. The surface is much corroded.
Created on: Thursday 14th April 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-C53643
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy incomplete flat axe with the beginnings of a stop ridge and flanged sides dating to the Early Bronze Age c.2000-1700 BC. The blade end of the axe is corroded but the angle suggests that it may have had a crescentic blade. Both faces of the axe are decorated with straight lines punched into the axe after casting, about 5mm in length, and about 1mm apart, in what is referred to as a 'rain pattern'. The axe is 113mm long, 52mm wide at the blade end, 23mm wide at the butt end, 10mm in thickness and weighs 186.03g. Comparable examples of decorated flat axes fro…
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-C76CD4
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy flat axe fragment with rounded butt end and broken blade where the rest of the blade is missing below the stop, if there was one. The butt or haft end is worn into a substantial curve, which makes it look like examples of flat axes from the Mile-Cross - Aylesford phase (c.2000-1900 BC), such as one illustrated in Needham (1998) on page 124, Fig.25, No.48. But the shape of the curve may be deceiving as it is uneven and could be worn at the edges from a butt end that was more squared off originally, and therefore from the earlier Brithdir - Butterwick phase (c.2150-2000…
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2005
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Padstow', grid reference and parish protected.