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.