Record ID: LVPL-0E06F6
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, flat copper alloy axehead, probably dating to the early Bronze Age possibly c.1950-1850 BC, on account of its narrow butt. The axehead is small and relatively narrow. It is broadly sub-triangular in plan with a rounded crescent shaped blade. The cutting edge has a width of 47.4mm and a thickness of 1.8mm. From the cutting edge, the body of the axehead initially curves inwards and then gradually narrows, more linearly. The axehead also gradually gets thicker in the centre and tapers off towards the butt, creating a broadly lentoid profile with slightly round…
Created on: Tuesday 31st October 2023
Last updated: Friday 10th November 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-C28EB1
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy early Bronze Age flat axehead (c.2500 to 1600 BC). This example fits best into the earliest known copper axe and early bronze axes discovered in Britain. These are dated to the Early Bronze Age of metalworking stage II, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 2 circa 2350- 2050 CAL. BC. The flat axe is broadly sub-triangular in plan with a broad, rounded crescent shaped blade. The cutting edge has a width of 39.2mm and a thickness of 4.5mm. It is asymmetrical. From the cutting edge the body of the axe gradually narrows in shape a…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 18th April 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-2EC68E
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy flat axehead or axe chisel dating to the early Bronze Age (c.2300-2000 BC). The fragment is the haft end of the object and is sub-rectangular in shape with a curved butt. It is sub-triangular in profile that narrows towards the butt to create a thin end. The opposite end has a worn, straight break. It has a bright green patina with pitting on the surface. Dimensions: Length 58.5mm; width 20.9mm; weight 62.96g Similarly formed objects classed as a possible axe chisel are illustrated in Needham (2017: 60) under Class 3, axe chisels. Similarly, a compara…
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2023
Last updated: Friday 17th March 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-A0FCAB
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy flat axehead dating to the early Bronze Age (c.2000-1700 BC). The axehead is very small, and possibly miniature. It is broadly sub-triangular in plan with a broad, rounded crescent shaped blade. The cutting edge has a width of 30.4mm and a thickness of 2.6mm. It is asymmetrical. From the cutting edge the body of the axehead gradually narrows in shape and curves inwards. The axe gradually gets thicker in the centre and tapers off towards the butt, creating a broadly lentoid profile with slight tapering edges. The butt forms a curved end that…
Created on: Monday 13th February 2023
Last updated: Friday 3rd March 2023
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Record ID: LVPL-FDE684
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy flat axe of Early Bronze Age date (c. 2200-1900 BC). This example fits best into the earliest known copper axe and early bronze axes discovered in Britain. These are dated to the Early Bronze Age of metalworking stage II, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 2 circa 2350- 2050 CAL. BC. The flat axe is broadly sub-triangular in plan with a broad, rounded crescent shaped blade. The cutting edge has a width of 77.9mm and a thickness of 5.93mm. It is asymmetrical. From the cutting edge the body of the axe gradually narrows in shape and…
Created on: Monday 31st October 2022
Last updated: Thursday 17th November 2022
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Record ID: LVPL-4DA982
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete copper alloy flat axe of Early Bronze Age date (c. 2200 - 1900 BC). This example fits best into the earliest known copper axe and early bronze axes discovered in Britain. These are dated to the Early Bronze Age of metalworking stage II, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 2 circa 2350- 2050 CAL. BC. The flat axe is broadly sub triangular in plan with a splayed crescent shaped blade. The cutting edge has a width of 55mm and a thickness of 5mm. It is asymmetrical. From the cutting edge the body of the axe gradually narrows in shape and curves inwards. The axes gra…
Created on: Tuesday 24th August 2021
Last updated: Friday 3rd September 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Petton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-03D15C
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Early Bronze Age flat axehead (c.2500 to 1600 BC). The axehead is sub-triangular in plan and profile. If complete, the plan may have narrowed towards the butt creating a more typical lentoid shaped plan. The parrallel sides are relatively straight, expanding towards a curved shaped blade that has a width of 39mm. One face of the object has a dark brown patina and has a smooth surface that is covered in striations. The other face has lost its original surface and has a light brown patina. The edges are rough and have a green patina. The axe probabl…
Created on: Monday 4th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 29th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Comberbach', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-DE8316
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper-alloy flat axehead dating to the early to late early Bronze Age (2050BC - 1700BC). The flat axe is broadly sub rectangular in shape with a splayed crescent shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges. The butt is relatively thin having a narrow rounded profile. There is no presence of grooves or wings on the body. The entire surface is heavily pitted and covered in reddish-brown and blue-green corrosion. For similar examples see WMID-349A3E, LANCUM-2B1A5D and SUR-267CEF. Dimensions Total length: 116mm, Greatest thickness laterally: 10.4mm …
Created on: Tuesday 16th July 2019
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Blakenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-AFC57F
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A flat axe head of the early Bronze Age (2500-1200 BC), possibly composed predominantly of copper as the surface discolouration is predominantly blackish with small green patches. Much of the body is pitted and corroded, but a clearly discernible edge and a possible bulge at the midpoint make evident the former outline. The overall body shape is flared trapezoidal, lozenge shaped when viewed from above. It is not symmetrical; the 'upper' flare is considerably larger than the lower one. No flanges are present. Widest point of blade end:- 41.66mm, thickest lateral measurement:-9…
Created on: Wednesday 6th February 2019
Last updated: Saturday 15th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tattenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-1331DA
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead. It has a slightly irregular shape in plan with an angled butt and a slight flare on the bottom of the blade, whereas the top edge of the blade only broadens out slightly. One face has more of a bevel from the blade edge than the opposite, which is flatter. It is sub-rectangular in profile, coming to a gentle apex at the blade end. Brown in colour and mainly delaminated, it appears undecorated , apart from a slight raised ridge that follows the bottom curve of the blade on the flatter face. It has a pitted surface with patches of corrosio…
Created on: Thursday 6th September 2018
Last updated: Friday 23rd November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swynnerton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-EC02D5
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Stockport
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete copper alloy flat axehead of early Bronze Age date, c.2150 - 1500 BC. The axehead is sub-oval in plan with a lentoid cross-section. The axehead is extremely worn with no visible decoration. No signs of ridges or flanges are present indicating that this is an early flat axe. The butt is narrow, rounded and is almost complete measuring 21mm in width, and 3mm thick. One edge of the butt end has broken away. The cutting edge is crescent-shaped and measures 47mm in width and is 3mm thick. At the thickest point in the centre of the object the axehead measures 5mm. D…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stockport area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-4CBEB7
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy early Bronze Age flat axe head dating to the period c. 2100-1900BC. The axe was probably part of the Migdale metalworking tradition. It is complete, but very worn. The axe head has a rounded butt which exhibits some old damage. It widens along its length from 16mm at the butt end to 39mm at the blade end. There is some damage to the blade. The object is has a brown patina and surface is slightly pitted. Only very small patches of the original surface survive on the lower part of the body towards the cutting edge. Length: 95mm; width at blade end: 39mm; thickness: 6mm…
Created on: Tuesday 12th July 2016
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halkyn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-1F1F91
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete cast copper alloy later Early Bronze Age Type Aylesford developed flat axe. This implement is sub-rectangular in plan with an expanded blade from which the edges are missing. The butt is narrow, rounded and is almost complete measuring 20mm in width and 2.5mm thick. The profile of the axe is a sub pointed oval with both terminals tapering. In section the axe is slightly H-shaped as the side edges of the axe have been raised to form slight flanges. The flanges have been damaged leaving a depth of only 1mm where the patina remains within the septum. The expanded blade…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
Last updated: Friday 5th February 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Biddulph', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-CA078E
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy small flat axehead of Early Bronze Age date. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a narrow rounded butt and parallel straight sides which expand to the cutting edge. It is of narrow butted form with slight low flanges to either side. The relatively straight sided body broadens to the blade, which is 2mm thick and remains sharp. There an indication of the beginnings of a stop ridge. The axehead measures 103mm in length, 20mm in width at the butt, 44mm in width at the cutting edge and 11mm thick. It weighs 164g. The patina across most of the axehead has …
Created on: Friday 6th November 2015
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nantwich', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B057F8
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
A miniature flat axehead of early Bronze Age date (2150- 1500 BC). The object resembles a miniature version of the earliest and simplest solid cast copper alloy axe-heads with tapering sides and rounded ends. The patina has broken away leaving a light green corroded surface. The blade is incomplete due to a modern break, probably due to the plough. A crack runs along the width of the butt end on one face. Miniature flat axes such as this tends to fit in the chronology at the very end of the early Bronze Age when developed axes are starting out. It is likely that this example is dat…
Created on: Wednesday 12th August 2015
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Buerton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-98EC5D
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axe or possibly a developed flat axe, possibly from the Migdale type and dating c.2200-2000BC. The object is trapezoidal in plan with a splayed crescent-shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges, and in section, at the broken butt end, it is rectangular. The cutting edge measures 68.60mm in width and is 2.75mm thick. The object has been broken 68.50mm above the cutting edge. The axehead measures 39.19mm in width 12.58mm thick at the break. The long edges of the axe have not been developed / arsied …
Created on: Thursday 11th June 2015
Last updated: Thursday 27th August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frodsham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-2246C9
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible Bronze Age copper alloy developed flat axe, possibly from the Migdale type and dating c.2200-2000BC. The object is trapezoidal in plan with a splayed crescent-shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges, and in section, at the broken butt end, it is rectangular. A large fragment of the curved blade is missing probably due to plough damage while the cutting edge is chipped and abraded. The cutting edge measures 44.80mm in width and is 2.44mm thick. The object has been cut in recent times 47.44mm above the cutting edge. The cut or break is…
Created on: Friday 23rd January 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 24th February 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Henbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-41BF59
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Bronze Age flat axe of Migdale metalwork assemblage, EBA phase III, that is c. 2100-1900BC. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a narrow rounded butt and parallel sides which expand to the cutting edge. The butt end is rounded and measures 7.61mm in width and is 0.81mm thick. The cutting edge measures 28.90mm in width and is 1.18mm thick. At the central point of the object it measures 4.39mm thick. The object has a rough mid-brown surface with two patches of light green corrosion.
Created on: Thursday 25th September 2014
Last updated: Friday 26th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mollington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-8298DF
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy flat axehead of Early Bronze Age date, that is c. 2300-1900BC. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a narrow rounded butt and parallel straight sides which expand to the cutting edge. It is of narrow butted form. The patina across most of the axehead has been worn and eaten away by invasive corrosion. This has left much of the axe covered in deep craters or pocks.This axe is part of the Migdale or Aylesford metalwork assemblage of the Early Bronze Age and can be dated c. 2300-1900BC. The recorder has not seen the object and the identification is from t…
Created on: Tuesday 16th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 16th March 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sound', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-B84BD4
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy probable flat axe dating from the Early Bronze Age, that is c. 2100-1900BC. The axe was probably part of the Migdale metalworking tradition. The object is sub-triangular in plan with straight tapering sides and rounded ends. The blade measures 33.33mm in width and is 4.80mm thick at the cutting edge. The cutting edge is incomplete due to both ancient and recent breaks. The butt end is narrow and rounded measuring 10.60mm in width and 3.38mm thick. There are no flanges and no indication of a stop ridge. Mid brownish-green smooth patina is present i…
Created on: Friday 1st August 2014
Last updated: Friday 1st August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leekfrith', grid reference and parish protected.