Record ID: SF-3F9D78
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy worn fragment which is likely to be the butt end from a flanged axe or plastave of early or middle Bronze Age date. It is roughly rectangular in shape and measures 15.85mm in length and 22.25mm in width. Only fragments of the original surface remain and it is patinated a dark brown.
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Saxham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F59824
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy axe of Bronze Age date. Only the corner of the blade end survives intact, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. It is rectangular in form, triangular section with one side and part of the sharpened blade surviving. The fragment has a dark green patina and measures 15.90mm in width, 9.86mm in length, 5.09mm in thickness and 2.33g in weight. This is a fragment from the blade of a Bronze Age axe, however due to the preservation of the object it is uncertain whether it belongs to a flat axe, a palstave or socketed axe. It may therefore date to any po…
Created on: Friday 24th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.