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Record ID: SUR-B8BAF2
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment from the blade of a copper alloy axe, probably of socketed form. The fragment has a rounded blade and, in cross section, two sides which meet at a point. Grinding striations are also visible.
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-733E87
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy socketed axe fragment, found as a single find. The fragment consists of the incomplete blade and part of the faces of the axe; therefore the body and mouth do not survive. The surface of the metal is worn and corroded; therefore no casting flashes are visible. The blade expands at the cutting edge, but the socket does not extend into the blade tips. The cutting edge is corroded; therefore the original surface has been lost. The outer surfaces have a dark brownish-green patina. The breaks are well worn. Socketed axes date to the Late Bronze Age.
Created on: Wednesday 25th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Selsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-A14B15
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Doctor Bruce Bradley, of Exeter University writes: 'The polished flint artefact is an extremely re-worked fragment of an early Bronze Age skeuomorphic axe (copying an Early Bronze Age copper axe).'
Created on: Friday 27th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
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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.

Record ID: LANCUM-099711
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze/Early Iron Age axe fragment dating between1150-300BC. The object is made of copper and has stress fractures evident possibly resulting from being broken up for re-casting. The length is 20mm, the width is 10mm, the thickness is 3mm and the weight is 4.36g
Created on: Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOUTH LAKES', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A11423
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A tiny worn cast copper-alloy blade fragment from a Bronze Age axe. The fragment is 13.99 by 8.21mm in surviving size.
Created on: Friday 25th January 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Steeple Bumpstead', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-446093
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very abraded Early/Middle Bronze Age fragment of cutting edge of flat axe or palstave. Length >38mm. Width >23mm. Thickness 12mm. c.2350 – c.1000 BC.
Created on: Saturday 2nd February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mileham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LIN-959B08
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone axe hammer, Group XVIII. The axe hammer is egg-shaped in plan and oval in cross-section, tapering to a narrowed and rounded cutting edge. There is an hour-glass shaped hole through the centre. This axe was studied as part of Cummings and Moores research into axe hammers from the East Midlands, and is number --- on the list.
Created on: Thursday 13th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-F62522
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze axe of Arreton Down type. Expanded cutting edge, now asymmetrical; there are indications of small raised flanges down each side of the blade. It is likely that these were raised by hammering and not cast. The blade tapers, from its mid-point, towards both the cutting edge and butt. Most of the surface has been lost to corrosion but enough survives to show that the faces of the axe were not decorated. c. 1800 - 1400 BC.
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: DOR-360023
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of palstave axe, Middle Bronze Age. A fragment of a palstave axe. A fragment from the butt of the axe . The terminal is rounded and the butt tapers towards it. It has a rectangular cross section. There is a slight projection at the side on one face of the object which is likely to be the start of a flange along the side of the axe. Dimensions: 19.08 mm x 23.27 x 7.03 mm
Created on: Thursday 25th June 2009
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-360553
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of copper alloy axe, Middle to Late Bronze Age A fragment of a copper alloy implement. A small piece of the cutting edge, probably from an axe. It has a rectangular cross-section and tapers towards the cutting edge. Bronze Age Dimensions: 11.63 mm x 13.83 mm x 5.52 mm
Created on: Thursday 25th June 2009
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cerne Abbas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-A5BC60
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The butt end of a palstave axe of Middle Bronze Age date. The fragment includes the beginnings of the side flanges.
Created on: Tuesday 29th December 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW-A4AAA4
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Probable Bronze Age fragment, possibly from an axe The bronze object is fragmented and with all edges rounded, possibly through water-rolling (with a length of 15.9mm, a width of 34.8mm, a thickness of 7.8mm and a weight 16.8g). The condition of the object makes any identification speculative. The fragment is of sub-triangular section, resembling the blade of an axe. The sides are not present and the faces are flat. The blade edge has been lost and there no surviving evidence for a socket base. The fragment has a dark green surface patina. The general shape of the bronze may suggest a…
Created on: Friday 12th March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: YORYM-D86C33
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily corroded and fragmentary artefact which could be a small copper-alloy flat axehead in an early Bronze Age style. The axe is possibly a chisel axe used for fine carpentry work, but is could also be votive. The axe remains at a constant width towards the blade edge, the other end appears to have broken off but the breaks are very worn. The edges of the blade are straight. In profile the axe has a thin butt, which thickens slightly towards the main body and then thins again at the blade. The metal is mottled mid greenish-brown in colour and is heavily pitted. There are no signs …
Created on: Monday 27th July 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Escrick', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: KENT3281
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy axe head fragment. Profile: broadly rectangular in shape, curving outwards slightly towards blade edge, with curved ends. Top and bottom: triangular shaped, tapering towards point, with rounded socket for handle on underside.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENT CUXTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM5237
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large stone axe, gneiss, almost black, pecked surface, hole for shaft.
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOUTH KESTEVEN', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LIN-A579D5
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age stone battle axe head. The stone is unfinished. It has been polished, however it has split at the end along what appears to be a natural fault in the stone. The haft hole is only drilled about three quaters of the way through. It therefore seems that the axe was discarded when it split part way through its production.
Created on: Thursday 8th May 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: ESS-62F736
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Bronze Age flanged bronze axe. It has a semi-circular blade, which is chipped and blunted, and only traces of the flanges survive. Its condition is very worn and corroded with a pitted surface. The axe is of relatively small size, only 72mm long by 34mm across the blade by 10mm thick. It dates to the period c.1850-1400 BC.
Created on: Friday 6th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-637745
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed bronze axe, dating to 1000-700BC. The fragment, part of the blade, is 25mm in length, 42mm in width across the blade, 11mm at its thickest part and weighs 34.11g. It is much abraded, which has lead to the loss of most of the original surface, including the cutting edge.
Created on: Friday 6th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-A5EFF0
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age socketed bronze axe fragment. The fragment, part of the blade, is 35mm in length, 34mm in width across the blade, and is 11mm at its thickest part. The blade has a semi-circular cutting edge.
Created on: Monday 9th October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.