Record ID: SWYOR-34A3B5
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Bronze Age flat axehead dating from the Early Bronze Age, about  2400 - 1600 calibrated BC. It is incomplete and very damaged, so only small areas of the original surface survive. They are decorated on both faces with short sub-parallel and irregular lentoid grooves (rain pattern). They are at an oblique angle, and those near the butt are angled the other way to those nearer the blade end. Both the butt and the cutting edge are missing. Measurements are; length 70.8mm, width 46.3mm, thickness 9.6mm and weight 87.80g. The damage prevents the axe being mor…
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-715A1A
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a flat axe-chisel or narrow bladed chisel dating from the Early to Middle Bronze Age, about 2200 - 1000 BC. The fragment consists of the axe's cutting edge above which is a patinated jagged break. The axe fragment is sub-trapezoidal in plan with the sides being slightly concave. The blade is an asymmetrical convex crescent with faint bevels. The broken edge of the axe runs transversely across its body giving an irregular oblique edge at one end. In cross section the body of the axe is rectangular as revealed by the break. The cross-section at the blade…
Created on: Monday 11th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-DBC493
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy decorated flat axehead probably of Needham’s Class 3A (Type Lansdown), dating to the early Bronze Age, about 2200-1900BC. The axehead probably best fits within the Migdale metalworking tradition Type: Migdale. These are dated to the Early Bronze Age (EBA phase II / III), of metalworking stage IV-VI, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 2-3 around 2250 - 1900 CAL. BC. It is also similar to Vandkilde (1996), Class A, Type A10 - Anglo-Irish developed flat axe. The axe has concave sides, which flare near the…
Created on: Thursday 29th June 2023
Last updated: Friday 12th January 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-F3E7ED
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy flat axe dating from the Early Bronze Age, that is about 2200 BC - 1900 BC. The axe is narrow with tapering sides. It has an oblique butt and is lenticular in cross-section. The sides curve outwards to form the tips of the cuttin edge, and there is no edge bevel. There is no sign of a stop ridge nor any flanges. The surface is pitted and corroded and the remaining surface has a  speckled light green patina. Measurements; length 96.5mm, width 48.5mm (cutting edge)  28.2mm at the( butt end), thickness 8.6mm ( body), 7.8mm&n…
Created on: Monday 12th September 2022
Last updated: Saturday 24th December 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-FBFE8D
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A highly worn fragment of copper-alloy axehead, probably a flat axehead, of Early to Middle Bronze Age date about 2400 BC - 1400 BC. The axehead survives as part of the splayed crescent blade and part of the body of the axe including one curved side where it flares to the cutting edge. The blade is very worn and only part of the cutting edge survives. In profile the fragment tapers to the cutting edge. The breaks are uneven and patinated, but not worn. The object has a heavily pitted green and mottled brown patinated surface. It is 33.8mm long, 37.1mm wide and 9.9mm thick. 37.1g.…
Created on: Sunday 6th February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 9th February 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-444489
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Part of an undecorated flat axe of Early Bronze Age date (about 2200 - 1700 BC). Only the cutting blade end survives, probably less than half of the whole axehead. The axehead is 58mm long, 68.2mm wide tapering to 48.4mm, 11mm thick and weighs 216g. The axe probably best fits within the Migdale metalworking tradition Type: Migdale - undecorated variant. These are dated to the Early Bronze Age (EBA phase II - VI), of metalworking stage IV-VI, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 2-3 circa 2200 - 1700 CAL. BC. The flat axe is broadly sub rectangular in plan with evenly exp…
Created on: Monday 14th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 5th November 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-8A8C71
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Bronze Age cast copper-alloy undecorated developed flat axe dating from about 2000-1700 BC. The axe is sub-rectangular in plan with an expanded crescent shaped blade. The butt, in plan, is complete with a rounded terminal. The side view of the axe is a sub pointed oval with both terminals tapering. In cross section the body of the axe is H-shaped as the side edges of the axe have been raised by hand hammering to form slight flanges. The flanges appear to have been cast and probably augmented by hammering. On both faces of the axe there is a slight bump / rib / pro…
Created on: Friday 11th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 21st January 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-A4FBE9
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment from a cast copper alloy, flat axehead of the early Bronze Age, dating from about 2300-1500 BC. Only the butt of the axe survives. It is narrow, measuring 23.9mm wide and 5mm thick. The axe has fairly straight sides and flares to 34.8mm wide and 10.7mm thick where it is broken. The break is patinated, though possibly not to the same extent as the rest of the axe. Not enough of the axe survives to be able to classify it precisely. It is 63.4mm long and 103g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th August 2016
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2017
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Record ID: SWYOR-F748BE
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Bronze Age flat axe probably dating from 1900 - 1700 BC. This fits into metalworking stage V-VI, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 3-4. The axe is decorated with rain pattern and bands of incised herringbone pattern. The axe has a rounded butt which is about 30mm wide. The sides are straight for most of their length, then flare outwards to form a crescentic cutting edge with concave shoulders. The axe is thickest at the proto stop ridge (12.9mm thick) where the face of the butt and the face of the blade change in angle. This thickened area is decora…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd July 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
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Record ID: SWYOR-9EC7C9
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy flat axe dating from the Early Bronze Age, that is about 2150 - 1500 BC. The axe is narrow with straight but tapering sides and there are no signs of a stop ridge. The butt is missing but would have been narrow. It has a very slightly flared convex cutting edge. The sides of the axe are very slightly thickened, but it does not have flanges. The surface, particularly the cutting edge, is pitted and corroded though the remaning surface has a smooth, deep green patina. The break at the butt end is equally patinated. The axe is 19.7mm wide at the break. The axe proba…
Created on: Wednesday 6th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 6th May 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-F0C4A9
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Bronze Age Developed Flat Axe dating from about 1800 BC - 1500 BC. Only a fragment of the blade-end survives. The fragment is rectangular in plan with a flared blade with concave shoulders. The tips of the blade are missing as is much of the original surface. The sides of the axe are thickened; starting to develop into flanges, so the break in cross-section is H shaped. The break is irregular and well patinated, suggesting that it occured by accident in antiquity. The surface is mottled green and severely pitted with areas of corrosion. The length of the axe is 54.6…
Created on: Monday 15th December 2014
Last updated: Monday 15th December 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-6D80EC
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Calderdale
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy flat axe of Early Bronze Age date, about 2200 BC - 1950 BC. The axe is probably a broad butt flat axe of Migdale type (decorated Variant) and is decorated with rain pattern. The blade flares from about two thirds of the way from the butt, with angular shoulders; this may have been secondary hammering; the cutting edge was narrower to begin with. The blade is 70.3mm wide at the tips, and flares from 46.2mm wide at the change of angle. The butt is 33.2mm wide half way along, and has a rounded end. The cutting edge is damaged, and is mainly missing. It is 6.2mm thi…
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 19th May 2015
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Record ID: SWYOR-8EDA61
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy developed flat axe dating from the Early Bronze Age period. It is probably a Willerby style axe. It has a crescent shaped blade which is wider than the body of the axe. The original cutting egde does not survive. The body of the axe is rectangular in section and is unusually thick for a flat axe, suggesting development towards palstave forms. It does not have flanges but the edges are very slightly raised. There is no stop ridge, but the thickest part of the axe is in the centre of the body, and the change of angle forms a line where the stop ridge would develop on late…
Created on: Tuesday 8th May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2012
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Record ID: SWYOR-958D88
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy flat axe fragment dating from the Early Bronze Age (2150 BC - 1500 BC). Only the cutting end survives. The butt is missing due to an ancient and well worn break across the middle of the axe. The break has taken half the surface of one face too. The axe head is rectangular in section. The cutting edge is flared at the sides but damaged. The surfaces of the axe are pitted and corroded, with a well developed green patina.
Created on: Thursday 26th April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 28th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-6B6135
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy, flat axehead of the early Bronze Age, dating from about 2300-2050 BC. The axehead is sub triangular in plan with a wide curved blade which tapers to a curved butt and is rectangular in section. The axehead is undecorated and there are no signs of ridges or flanges indicating that this is an early flat axe, probably in the Migdale tradition of narrow butted flat axes. The metal is pitted, corroded and worn, with a green patina with a lustrous surface surviving in places. The cutting edge and the butt are damaged, but there are no fresh breaks. The axehead is 118.9mm…
Created on: Monday 30th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-9C0454
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an early Bronze Age flat axe, dating from about 2200- 1600 BC. Both ends of the axe are missing. It is corroded all over the surface and this has caused pitting. The axe has a rectangular cross-section, tapering in thickness towards the blade which flares out sideways from the body. The breaks are worn and patinated.
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2011
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-42AC71
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy early Bronze Age flat axe, dating from c. 2150- 1700 BC. In plan, from the square (incomplete?) butt end the width gently expands to the blade end and then curves out at a greater angle to the corners of the blade. The blade edge and tips are damaged. In section, the axe is sub rectangular and there are no ridge / stop or flanges. It tapers in thickness towards the blade and the butt. The sides are slightly rounded. It is corroded over most of the surface and this has caused pitting. The blade edge is uneven with bits missing and worn away. Small areas of the original su…
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2011
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-D09336
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy Early Bronze Age flat axe. It is 136mm long, 66mm wide and 12mm thick. It weighs 268.6g. The axe is a narrow butted flat axe with a slight stop ridge about 60mm from the butt end. It has straight sides, a rounded butt and a flared cutting edge with concave shoulders. There appears to be more wear on one side of the cutting edge than on the other, with one end of the blade being more rounded. The butt is 27mm wide and the width at the stop ridge is 32mm. The axe is in good condition and does not have any visible active bronze disease. It probably dates from 2100 - 1800 B…
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Record ID: SWYOR-CF9AC4
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Bronze Age cast copper alloy flat axehead. The butt of the axehead appears incomplete and briefly widens in profile to 6.5mm before being reduced to the blade. The length of the axehead is 62.27mm and is 30.66mm wide at the flared blade end. The tool has a brown-green patina, with a large amount of corrosion present on the surface. However, the axehead is in good condition in terms of the shape. This flat axe with a 'thin' butt seems characteristic of the early Bronze Age "Migdale-Marnoch" tradition, as suggested by Britton, quoted in 'Bronze Age metalwork in Sa…
Created on: Monday 9th June 2008
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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Record ID: SWYOR-9F6B31
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy flat axe dating from the Early Bronze Age period. The axe is 108.8mm long, 48.1mm wide and 12.6mm thick. It thickens in the middle and there are slight flanges, though not large enough to be of significant use. The cutting blade is curved and is wider than the rest of the axe. The butt is thin and tapers to a wide pointed end. The axe is badly pitted with active bronze disease and the thinner edges are chipped. Similar examples can be seen on page 165 and 166 of The National Museum of Wales's "Guide Catalogue of the Bronze Age Collections" (1980), particula…
Created on: Thursday 1st November 2007
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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