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Record ID: HAMP-7E5437
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely corroded triangular cast copper alloy object, 117mm in length, possibly a flat axehead of early Bronze Age date. The object has moderately concave sides and flares from a width of 6mm at the butt to 56mm at the blade. The side profile lacks a lenticular profile and the cross section appears entirely flat; this may be due to the extensive corrosion loss which has also removed any blade edges and sides. A stop bevel may be present, this has again been corroded to the extent where it is difficult to see.
Cf. Needham's (2017) Class 4 B (Type Aylesford), Period 2-3, circa…
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 19th January 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-3781B6
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Bronze Age (2350 - 2050 BC) small, perhaps miniature, copper alloy flat axehead of type Migdale. It is triangular in shape with expanding sides (perhaps slightly concave) and a convex cutting edge. The butt end is also rounded.
In long profile, the axehead has a lenticular cross-section. This is also visible at the cutting edge, but the cross-section at the butt end appears rectangular, the sides being higher.
A very small amount of original patina survives close to the cutting edge on one face; this is browny-green in colour and slighty pitted/ rough to touch. The remainde…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 31st October 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Froxfield', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUR-62346B
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily corroded blade from a Bronze Age axehead. The axehead is heavily pitted and no original surface survives. This may be an Early Bronze Age flat axe but this is far from certain. It is too narrow to be an axe of socketed form.
Created on: Friday 30th June 2017
Last updated: Thursday 21st September 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-84E0D0
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Early Bronze Age copper alloy (bronze) type Migdale flat axehead, consisting of the butt end. The fragment is now very worn and abraded, with original patina missing from all edges.
At the transverse break, the object is widest and thickest measuring 32.2x8.1mm. It is rectangular in cross-section. The axe narrows over 34.0mm to 27.1x2.1mm at the butt end, which is rounded in profile. Viewed sideways-on, the object is triangular in cross-section. One side edge has lost much of its original surface.
The metal is a mid-green in colour, and where the patina survives (on bo…
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2015
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This findspot is known as 'Horndean, Catherington and Lovedean', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: DOR-0434C1
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy flat axehead. The butt is missing with only a section of the body and the cutting edge remaining. The cutting edge is splayed and crescentic with clear facet to the blade edge on both faces. The cross section of the body is sub- rectangular with slightly convex ffaces and slightly angled sides. There is a ridge along the length of the axe along the middle of both sides. On the flat faces is a faint mid-rib and a low transverse ridge just before the break.
Date: Early Bronze Age - c. 2350 - 1500 BC
Dimensions :67.09 mmx 58.65 mm x 14.46 mm
Weight:156.82 g
Created on: Tuesday 17th June 2014
Last updated: Saturday 10th June 2017
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Record ID: HAMP-2499E3
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy small or miniature flat axehead or chisel of Early Bronze Age date (2350-1600 BC). The axehead is broadly rectangular in shape but is expanded toward the blade and both the blade edge and butt end are rounded. The axe is very worn and pitted and has a dark green patina. It is 53.68mm long, 15.37mm wide, 4.22mm thick and weighs 14.53g.
Created on: Thursday 1st May 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 27th May 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-8CCCA4
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Bronze Age cast copper-alloy flat axe. In plan, the end of the butt is damaged as the corners are clipped; it has a width of c. 20.3mm. Modern damage central to the end of the butt can be identified by the lack of patina. The long side-edges of the axe are slightly flanged (being c.0.5mm thicker at the very edge than just inside it), with the stop ridge on the surface being just off centre to the widest section of the flanged sides, 48.2mm from the butt and 59.0mm from the blade. The stop ridge is 9mm thick, tapering to either end where it measures 2.45mm at the butt and 3.20mm at t…
Created on: Tuesday 5th November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 20th May 2014
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Record ID: HAMP-B18A07
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and abraded cast copper-alloy flat axehead of Early Bronze Age date. This small example is from the earliest bronze working traditions, dating from the centuries after c. 2000 BC. The blade terminates in a rounded cutting edge. Bevelling to create the edge is gradual. Beyond the edge the object narrows to a width of 16.65mm and is at its thickest, 7.6mm. The object remains a fairly constant width to the butt. It narrows very gradually, and then more obviously in the quarter at the butt end. The axehead has a rectangular cross-section with no side flanges as such; the surf…
Created on: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 27th June 2012
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Record ID: HAMP-1556C2
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, worn and pitted copper-alloy small Early Bronze Age small flat axehead. In plan, from the rounded butt end the width remains the same until about the centre of the axe when it begins to gently expand to the blade end; the butt end is damaged and broken due to an old break. In section, the axe gradually thickens slightly towards the centre but there is no ridge/stop or flanges. The blade edge and tips are rounded and worn. The artefact has a mid-green patina; the pitting is lighter green.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd November 2010
Last updated: Friday 10th December 2010
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Record ID: HAMP-3C5762
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy flat axehead of Early Bronze Age date. This example is from the earliest bronze working traditions, dating from the centuries after c. 2000 BC. The blade terminates in a rounded, but asymmetrical cutting edge. The terminals are almost right angles but have been rounded off. Bevelling to create the edge is very shallow, beginning well above the line of the terminals. The object continues to expand to the point of an old break. At this point the rectangular cross-section can clearly be seen; no side flanges are evident. The axe has a variable …
Created on: Tuesday 25th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-291EB7
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy flat axehead of Early Bronze Age date. This flanged example is characteristic of the Arreton Park metalwork assemblage. The blade terminates in a wide, crescentic curved cutting edge with rounded terminals. Bevelling to create the edge is shallow, beginning just below the line of the terminals. The flanged sides give the artefact a rounded 'H-shaped' cross section. They feature flange facets in profile. They are up to 13.95mm thick, and rise up above the septum by c. 3.5mm at the crests. The body of the axe is broken towards the haft end. Where it…
Created on: Monday 23rd February 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-639BF1
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded small cast copper-alloy flat axehead of probable Early Bronze Age date. This flanged example is characteristic of the Arreton Park metalwork assemblage. The blade terminates in a rounded cutting edge. The terminals are either both abraded or were truncated originally. Bevelling to create the edge is shallow, beginning just below the line of the terminals. The flanged sides give the artefact a pointed oval cross section. They feature low flange facets in profile. They are up to 7.2mm thick, and rise up slightly above the septum at the crests. The curved butt is rounded and sl…
Created on: Monday 15th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-292E98
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A virtually complete cast copper-alloy flat axehead of Early Bronze Age date. This flanged example is characteristic of the Arreton Park metalwork assemblage. The blade terminates in a wide, crescentic curved cutting edge. One of the terminals of this curves to a sharp point while the other is abraded. Bevelling to create the edge is shallow, beginning just below the line of the terminals. The flanged sides give the artefact a pointed oval cross section. They feature flange facets in profile. They are up to 16.5mm thick, and rise up above the septum by c. 3.5mm at the crests. T…
Created on: Tuesday 18th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP-341072
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper-alloy fragment, plausibly from an Early Bronze Age flat axe. The fragment is broadly trapezoidal in shape. It is rectangular in cross-section, with sides that are triangular in profile. They narrow from a thickness of 9.7mm at the break to c. 1.5mm at the terminal. The terminal is slightly rounded. The artefact is highly corroded with considerable pitting and a highly variable colour. This possibility remains that it might be an ingot.
Created on: Wednesday 1st October 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-B65067
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Bronze Age cast copper-alloy flat axehead that has survived well. The axe is trapezoid, with slightly concave hammered sides which widen out at the blade end. The concentric blade is damaged on one surface and is slightly worn. The narrow butt-end is slightly rounded at the corners and has a small amount of post-depositional damage. In profile, the axe is an elongated curved lozenge, which is narrowest at the blade end. The axe has a dull brown-green patina. It is 71.13mm long, 34.48mm wide and 6.28mm thick.
Created on: Saturday 27th January 2007
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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This findspot is known as 'Itchen Stoke', grid reference and parish protected.
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
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This findspot is known as 'Burton area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: NMGW-8D6411
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze developed flat axe (or flanged axe), probably of Type Glenalla (following Schmidt and Burgess 1981) or Class 4 (following Needham 1983; forthcoming) and dating to the Early Bronze Age, Period 3 (1950-1750 BC) (Needham 1996).
The axehead is a small example with a length of 77.8mm, and is also comparatively slender with a width at the bevel of 19.9mm. The butt is rounded and the sides are near-parallel (with a width at the butt of 18.2mm) as far as the bevel. After the bevel, the sides curve very gently outwards as far as the blade, where the sides turn out sharply to the blad…
Created on: Tuesday 8th February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2017
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Record ID: WMID-2667D2
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast bronze broken blade fragment of a flat or palstave axehead (length: 26.1mm, width: 37.1mm; thickness: 7.3mm; weight: 24.32g). Most of the blade tip and cutting edge remains and does not curve round at the edges. One of the blade sides is intact until the break, but most of the blade side opposite has been broken at a slant down to near the blade tip. The artefact is in a worn but fair condition with only small traces of the original patina surviving. The surface of the axehead fragment is dark grey in colour.
Flat axes appear in the Early Bronze Age (c. 2500-1400 BC) and th…
Created on: Tuesday 5th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP3562
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper-alloy flat axe. Slight moulded transverse ridge half-way along the blade. The sides splay out from narrow, rounded end which is very thin, to slightly convex blade. Little sign of wear on the blade. Coated with varnish .L: 133 W: 71 T: 0.5- 8
Created on: Tuesday 8th April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP3455
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment, cast copper-alloy thin-butted flat axe. Migdale-Marnoch tradition. Surfaces uneven and pitted.
Created on: Monday 24th March 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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