Record ID: LVPL93
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Early bronze age straight-sided thin-butted flat axe. In v. good condition Note - Peter Reavill - 18/5/21. Thanks are extended to Dr Brendan O'Connor who has suggested that this axe form is now better understood after the recent publication of Stuart Needham 2017: The Classification of Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Copper and Bronze Axe-head from Souther Britain. This axehead appears as Cat No:18 in Needham's above classification and is ascribed to Needham Class 2D Type Halberton dating to the period 1: 2450-2325 BC
Created on: Wednesday 1st July 1998
Last updated: Tuesday 18th May 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CHESHIRE MALPAS', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LVPL207
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bolton
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze flat axe. Fragment of blade missing.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd July 1998
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'GREATER MANCHESTER', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LVPL237
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Small bronze narrow-butt flat-axe. Part of butt missing
Created on: Thursday 23rd July 1998
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CHESHIRE BURWARDSLEY', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: KENT437
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
flat axe with cast flanges, low stop ridge, slightly splayed blade and winged flanges; thin layer of Fe oxide on one side, some patches on the opposing side; abrasion lines on last ?10-12 mm of blade, following the curve of the edge, and probably indicate sharpening; no edge damage, slight notching due probably to minor corrosion
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 1998
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENT SELLINDGE', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: KENT438
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
small flat axe with rounded blade and slight bulges; thin narrow butt and thickens towards middle; extremely corroded and pitted
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 1998
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENT SELLINDGE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM633
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Axe head or adze, surface very corroded.
Created on: Monday 7th September 1998
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'FENLAND', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL508
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Narrow-butted flat-axe. Only small patch of original patina remains. Signs of bronze disease.
Created on: Wednesday 16th December 1998
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CUMBRIA BURTON IN KENDAL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL578
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Blade end of Early Bronze Age flat-axe.
Created on: Friday 26th March 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LANCASHIRE HORNBY WITH FARLETON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL765
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Blade end of small flat axehead.
Created on: Wednesday 25th August 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LANCASHIRE NETHER KELLET', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYM886
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: York
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Bronze Age thin-butted flat axehead of Migdale type. Parallel- example no.2 Norwich Castle Museum cat. This example has severe blistering and corrosion products on face and reverse, sealed in with unknown white, opaque wax. Undecorated.
Created on: Thursday 25th November 1999
Last updated: Saturday 30th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORTH YORKSHIRE DEIGHTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL1113
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Small flat axehead. Slight chip in blade end. Slightly swollen butt end. Good condition, slightly pitted. Retains some original patina.
Created on: Monday 14th February 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanrug', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: KENT2105
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Published
Flat axehead which gently tapers outwards towards its cutting edge. Very smooth with little sign of corrosion or damage.
Created on: Thursday 31st August 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
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Record ID: NARC647
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Solid cast flat axe with the remains of thick green patina unfortunately badly pitted. The axe has a fairly broad butt, the sides expand evenly to towards the cutting edge where it rounds out slightly forming a half oval cutting edge. The central section of the axe forms a thin pointed oval in section, and both ends converge to a point in profile. The axe is of the type cast in one piece and then hammered and annealed. The butt end is 36.86mm wide, the cutting edge end is 74.95mm wide. Very similar to the axe from Hardingham Norfolk now in the Norwich Castle Museum
Created on: Monday 18th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'OXFORDSHIRE NOKE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS74
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze flat axe, unworn and in very fresh condition. It is pointed oval in its longitudinal section tapering from the centre to either end, and curving a little more towards the relatively wide and splayed cutting edge creating a very slight ridge c.22mm before it. The butt-end tapers to a thin but blunt edge. The cutting edge has suffered very minor damage and is still relatively sharp, with slight recent damage on one side. The sides of the axe are evenly curved and concave, flaring at the cutting end so that the blade curves slightly upwards at each corner, and tapering towards the …
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK BARNHAM BROOM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL1763
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Narrow-butted flat axe. Butt width 24mm.
Created on: Monday 30th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CHESHIRE BUNBURY', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF6514
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Copper or copper-alloy object which is probably a miniature flat axehead. Sub-triangular in form, with damaged crescentic blade edge and concave sides, it has a narrow (although incomplete) butt, and a very thin section with no trace of bevels or flanges. It has small amounts of surface corrosion, but otherwise a medium and dark green patina. The side, butt and blade are extensively chipped and damaged, largely as a result of corrosion. Scratches on the main faces may be relatively recent, although as they are still filled with soil it is hard to tell. Length 50 mm, width of blade …
Created on: Tuesday 24th July 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK WESTERFIELD', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW3322
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rhondda Cynon Taf
Workflow stage: Published
Flat axe - probably Class 3. Cast copper alloy (bronze) flat axe which thickens towards the middle, with a thin, narrow and slightly rounded butt and a splayed blade. The edges of both the butt and the blade are damaged and the surface of the axe has several spots of corrosion. The sides of the blade more or less evenly curve outwards towards the cutting edge from a point situated about one third along the length of the axe from the butt. The lower halves of both faces of the axe are decorated with a series of incised, longitudinally arranged, irregular, short strokes which form a …
Created on: Thursday 4th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2017
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMGW3326
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age Flat Axe - probably Class 3. Dimensions: blade width 57mm, surviving length 86mm, maximum thickness 9.5mm, weight 211.3 grams. This axe has slightly concave sides, which diverge gently towards an expanded blade end. The butt of the axe has been broken off in antiquity. There is some evidence that the axe was deliberately damaged; the profile has been slightly bent at the butt end, implying considerable force, and there are linear marks on both butt end surfaces aligned at right angles to the axis of the blade. These would appear to be deliberate blows from a na…
Created on: Tuesday 16th October 2001
Last updated: Thursday 27th July 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL1966
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete flat axe head. Blade flares at end, no visible side flanges. Very corroded and pitted on one surface, retains 70% surface patina on other.
Created on: Wednesday 21st November 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF7977
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Small copper-alloy (or more probably copper) flat axehead, undecorated and with flat, slightly concave sides. It is quite badly corroded, with abundant small brown encrustations on a pale to medium green patina. There are three slight marks, one showing copper-coloured metal, which indicate recent damage, probably agricultural. Other damage appears more ancient, and includes a missing butt, which seems to have broken off in one large and one small chunk; small irregular chunks missing from the side; and a number of small chips from the curved blade edge. Length 63 mm, width of blad…
Created on: Thursday 24th January 2002
Last updated: Wednesday 16th March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUDBOURNE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF8617
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Blade end from a copper or copper-alloy flat axe. The cutting edge is wide and slightly splayed, though fairly blunt. The break is almost parallel to cutting edge, and is worn and patinated. The fragment is patinated a very dark brown, with some small pockets of pale green invasive corrosion. There are a few recent 'plough' scratches. Early Bronze Age.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd May 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENTON', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL2157
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small bronze flat axe head, slight flanges on flanks, heavily corroded.
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT4669
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Miniature copper alloy axehead. Flat, with rounded blade, straight sides narrowing to rounded butt.
Created on: Monday 9th September 2002
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL2304
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age, narrow butted, flanged flat axe with splayed cutting edge. Of the Arreton industrial stage (Burgess 1980). Complete but in poor condition. Surface is heavily pitted. Length 115mm, width of blade 54mm. c.1600 BC.
Created on: Thursday 17th October 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lancashire', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: LVPL2353
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Published
Small fat axe head, butt end missing.
Created on: Wednesday 27th November 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID6018
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
The striking thing about the axe is that it is particularly small, even though it appears to be complete. Also the axe has been over-cleaned therefore any detail such as hammer marks or even a possible flange are not visible. The blades' tip, and cutting edge is slightly asymmetrical , but whether this is due to wear or cleaning is uncertain. The blade tapers towards the butt of the axe. The butt is slightly curved. The surface of the axe is pitted and only has a small element of the patina remaining.
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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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Record ID: NMS1615
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete EBA flat axe, quite small (cutting edge width c.60mm), with almost imperceptibly raised sides (wear?). Section is a slightly lenticular, truncated. Cutting edge worn and chipped. Patina orangey brown with several gashes on both surfaces. Weighs 130.39g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMS592
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete miniature flat axe, cutting end. Sides flare to a curved expansion before cutting edge (width 36mm), corners missing, edge very worn. Cutting edge is bevelled. Surface is pitted, with several gashes. Thickness 4mm, existing length 43mm, weighs 40.01g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st April 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK BURNHAM MARKET', grid reference and parish protected.

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: NMS-A54762
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
EBA flat axehead, straight edges flaring to expanded and gently curved crescentic cutting edge, the edges of which curve slightly outwards. Butt is thin and slightly broken. No patina remains and surface is heavily encrusted. Cf. Needham (1983) class 2. Length 117mm, width of butt 33mm, cutting edge width 79mm, weighs 398.5g.
Created on: Tuesday 20th May 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'NORFOLK CARBROOKE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-6152E8
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Published
Decorated developed flat axe, probably of Class 4E (following Needham forthcoming), corresponding with Schmidt and Burgess' (1981) type Scrabo Hill and with Type Ballyvalley (Harbison 1969) in Ireland. Axes of these types date towards the end of the Early Bronze Age: Needham's (1996) Period 3 c.1950 - 1700 BC/Needham et al.'s (1997) Willerby phase. This axe has the general shape of Type Glenalla, being long and narrow, but has the straight and slightly diverging sides characteristic of Type Scrabo Hill. The axe probably had a comparatively straight and thin butt and straight sides whi…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-1B0202
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age flat axe
Created on: Wednesday 24th September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-FDBB88
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Small developed flat axe or cast-flanged axe, probably of Class 4E (following Needham forthcoming), corresponding with Schmidt and Burgess' (1981) type Bandon and with Type Derryniggin (Harbison 1969) in Ireland. Axes of these types date towards the end of the Early Bronze Age: Needham's (1996) Period 3 c.1950 - 1700 BC/Needham et al.'s (1997) Willerby phase. The axe appears to have lost the majority of its original surface, and problems in identifying surface detail are further enhanced by a thick coating of glossy varnish applied by the finder. The butt is thin and rounded and both …
Created on: Wednesday 29th October 2003
Last updated: Thursday 3rd August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LIN-12E603
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age flat axehead. The axe has an expanded blade with a crescentic cutting edge. The tapering shaft sides are rounded, and the object is broken before the butt. The blade width is 93mm, and the broken butt end measures 30mm in width. Similar examples have been found at Scunthorpe, South Kyme and from the Witham at Lincoln (Davey 1973, fig.2).
Created on: Thursday 30th October 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-292391
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Stockton-on-Tees
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Bronze Age bronze flat axe. The axehead is in good condition. It measures 103.8mm in length, 31.03mm in width and has a maximum thickness of 12.75mm.
Created on: Monday 12th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SUR-63BDC0
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Bronze Age flat axe. The axe is poor condition although a recently-made groove reveals a rich shiny copper beneath the corrosion. Only about 20% of the original surface survives and there is no remaining trace of decoration or of sharpening striations. Also missing is some of the edge profile and the blade. The geology at the findspot is probably acid sandy clay.
Created on: Tuesday 27th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-7BE075
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
The blade end of a cast bronze probable flat axe. Measuring 24mm in surviving length, 45mm in width, at the blade and 8mm in thickness. The surface of the fragment is corroded, but where it is not there is a dark brown patina. Where corroded the patina is pocked and pale to medium green. Due to corrosion the arched cutting edge is somewhat asymmetrical. There is a slight bevel about 13mm behind the cutting edge. The body has a quite thin cross-section at the break. Although the surface is damaged by partial corrosion no moulding seams are visible on the sides of the body.…
Created on: Wednesday 28th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Clare', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SWYOR-B87A23
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy early Bronze Age flat Axehead, 2200-1500 BC. The axehead has a thin narrow rounded butt. The body is thickened at the middle and thins again to a splayed blade and cutting edge. The axehead weights 76.65g and measures 73.13mm in length from butt to cutting edge. At the thickest point across the body of the axehead, it measures 10.24mm and the measurment across the blade is 21.6mm. The surface of the axehead is pitted on both sides.
Created on: Tuesday 24th February 2004
Last updated: Tuesday 12th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-86F4F1
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze age axe, with a flat face and blade. The axe head is 25 mm and widens to a rounded blade, 51 mm. It is heavily eroded, the surface does not survive. The axe has a green/ brown patina.
Created on: Friday 5th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Preston', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NMGW-4596D8
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Published
This is a large developed flat axe of bronze dating to the Early Bronze Age. The butt is modestly rounded, though with angular corners. The sides are straight, but slightly divergent for just under three quarters of the length of the axe, curving out suddenly just above the blade to a widely expanded and deeply crescentic cutting edge. All of the original blade edges have been removed by erosion, thereby preventing accurate calculation of the original width and recurve of the blade edge. Approximately 57mm from the butt end is a straight stop-ridge across the axe. The margins of the s…
Created on: Friday 26th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 17th August 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-F91677
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
The bronze blade end of a small solid bladed axe or chisel with an ancient break. This is probably a flat axe blade fragment but could be a very small palstave, unfortunately the surface is very corroded so it is not clear whether casting seams existed or not, although one side appears to show a linear step or groove which may be suggestive of a two piece mould. The blade has a convex cutting edge which is expanded beyond the line of the othrewise straight sides, which are not characteristic of palstaves. The surface has pocking and active plae green corrosion products are visible. …
Created on: Monday 10th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gedgrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-8D0A91
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy probable axehead, dating to the Bronze Age. The object is triangular and slightly wedge shaped in section. The edges of the axehead are rounded. The object measures 125mm in length and has a width of between 21mm and 45mm. The surface of the axe is pitted and severely corroded.
Created on: Monday 17th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-DBBC54
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
An Early Bronze Age flat axe. The axe is in poor condition with active corrosion and with only a small area of its original surface surviving. There are no traces of either decoration or of sharpening striations. The original extent of the blade is unclear. At one point the underlying metal has been exposed in a recent gouge and this appears as a copper colour.
Created on: Friday 21st May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NCL-4BB675
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy flat axehead dating to the Bronze Age. The axehead is wedge shaped with a rounded cutting edge which has worn irregularly. The surface of the axehead is pitted. It measures 92mm in length and has a maximum width of 33mm. it has a maximum thickness of 5mm.
Created on: Wednesday 26th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-DCBF47
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete bronze flat axehead. Measuring 89mm in length, 33mm in width across the butt and 58mm in width across the blade, it is 10.2mm in thickness. The axe is broad butted with a lenticular long profile. The sides are convex in cross-section. It has a surviving patina of pale to mid green which has largely flaked away to reveal a medium brown 'pimpled' surface. One face of part of the butt has recently been filed down to expose a shiny copper-coloured surface. There is diffuse bevelling to the convex cutting edge. It is a class 2 axe (Needham S P, Lawson A J, and Green H S 1…
Created on: Thursday 26th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bardwell', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR-990337
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast and hammered copper alloy low flanged axe of Early Bronze Age date. A small developed axe type. It has an asymmetrical hammered crescentic blade and the butt is missing. There is a slight hammered flange along each side, front and back. There are several transverse ridges on the axe from hammering it into shape. Dimensions 72.74mm x 63.41mm x 9.07mm, weight 137.01g.
Created on: Thursday 16th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 2nd February 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-7E8595
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Stockton-on-Tees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small Bronze Age axehead. The axehead is wedge shaped in section. The cutting edge is curved. The attachment end is flat and without flanges. The surface of the axe is extremely corroded and pitted. It possesses a green patina. The axehead is 45mm in length; the cutting edge has a width of 34mm; the attachment end has a thickness of 23mm.
Created on: Monday 27th September 2004
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-FDC040
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The bronze blade end of a small flat axe, measuring 41.7mm in blade width, 34.4mm in surviving length and 8.9mm in thickness. The blade is possibly low flanged but is too worn and fragmentary to be sure, the edges in particular are severly pocked due to invasive corrosion. It has a splayed convex cutting edge. The patination is medium green. This form of small axe with an expanded cutting edge is typical of Arreton form axes, which usually have slight flanges, of the end of the early Bronze Age, circa 1600BC.
Created on: Friday 15th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-F6D7D5
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper or copper-alloy (bronze) axe of early Bronze Age (possibly Beaker period) date. The object is a flat axe of simple form. It has a rounded blade measuring 37.3mm wide by 2.2mm thick. The width of the axe tapers gradually from the blade to 11.2mm at the squared-off proximal (attachment) end. The maximum thickness of the object is towards the centre where it measures 4.3mm. Both surfaces are slightly convex. There are no flanges, stop ridges, or evidence of any joints and is is probable that the axe was made using a one piece mould. It measures 78.5mm long and weighs 34.43g. The …
Created on: Wednesday 27th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Titmore Green', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-645353
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast bronze flat axe (length: 74.9mm; width at blade: 40.3mm; thickness: 11mm; weight: 115.67g). A small, crudely made and uneven axe with gently sloping sides to the blade. The blade is not flanged. The artefact has a high metallic content and would have been made in an open mould (possibly of sandstone), therefore explaining why the surface is no uneven and slightly pitted. The butt of the axe has tapered to a narrow point but the side is thick. The axe is worn and in a poor condition. Similar examples are illustrated in Peter Harbison's 'The Axes of the Early Bronze Age in I…
Created on: Monday 1st November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-37B951
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper or bronze miniature flat axe of probable Early Bronze Age Date (2150- 1500 BC). The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a narrow rounded butt and parallel straight sides which expand slightly to the cutting edge. The cutting edge is slightly convex (bowed). In profile and cross section the axehead is lentoid. The axehead is 45.8mm in length, 3.9mm width at the butt, 18.9mm width at the cutting edge, and 6.5mm maximum thickness. It weighs 20.93 grams. The axehead is a mid - dark green colour with an even polished patina that covers approximately 30% of all surfa…
Created on: Thursday 11th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wentnor', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-C8D5E8
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age copper alloy flat axe. This axe is subrectangular in plan and section. It is severely pock scarred with the higher surfaces being darkish green in colour and the lower surfaces generally light green due to flaking and/or pocking. There are possible tiny patches of the original surface on the haft end. Due to the object’s condition, no punch decoration will have survived so it cannot be said whether the axe originally had such decoration or whether it was plain. The outline of the axe is little reduced except at the blade tips which have suffered the most. The cutting edge …
Created on: Thursday 18th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Bromley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-48A638
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Rochdale
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Narrow-butted Bronze Age flat axe in corroded condition.
Created on: Monday 6th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-980207
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast bronze flat axe (length: 130.5mm; width: 63.2mm; thickness: 7.3mm; weight: 208.79g). This badly corroded and slightly broken axe has a splayed blade which is irregular and off-centre (without flanges). There is a possibly that the axe was not finished as the blade edge does not appear to have been sharpened, but it is difficult to tell as the surface of the axe is pitted and only fragments of the original surface/ patina survive. This axe dates to the Early Bronze Age, between c. 2000-1450 BC.
Created on: Friday 10th December 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-01C762
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete, undamaged copper-alloy flat axe, reminiscent of Late Neolithic flint axes. The crescent-shaped blade is gently curved and looks used. Very faint re-sharpening marks are visible.
Created on: Thursday 10th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Eden Valley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-AA5ED7
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large, heavy copper-alloy flat axe with straight sides and butt and gently curved crescent-shaped blade. The axe is about 12mm thick and narrows towards butt-end and blade. Though heavily corroded, the axe appears undamaged. It seems that this flat axe is one of the earliest British metal artefacts. The copper content is unusually high for an Early Bronze Age and the shape of the axe dates it to the Castletown Roche tradition - the earliest in Great Britain (Schmidt, P.K. and Burgess, C. 1981, no. 3).
Created on: Friday 18th March 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'nr Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-C76CD4
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy flat axe fragment with rounded butt end and broken blade where the rest of the blade is missing below the stop, if there was one. The butt or haft end is worn into a substantial curve, which makes it look like examples of flat axes from the Mile-Cross - Aylesford phase (c.2000-1900 BC), such as one illustrated in Needham (1998) on page 124, Fig.25, No.48. But the shape of the curve may be deceiving as it is uneven and could be worn at the edges from a butt end that was more squared off originally, and therefore from the earlier Brithdir - Butterwick phase (c.2150-2000…
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2005
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Padstow', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-C53643
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy incomplete flat axe with the beginnings of a stop ridge and flanged sides dating to the Early Bronze Age c.2000-1700 BC. The blade end of the axe is corroded but the angle suggests that it may have had a crescentic blade. Both faces of the axe are decorated with straight lines punched into the axe after casting, about 5mm in length, and about 1mm apart, in what is referred to as a 'rain pattern'. The axe is 113mm long, 52mm wide at the blade end, 23mm wide at the butt end, 10mm in thickness and weighs 186.03g. Comparable examples of decorated flat axes fro…
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-E816A6
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age flat axe, made from a copper-alloy with a very high copper content still. The form and shape of the axe is still very close to the Neolithic silex forerunners. It does not have flanges or a stop-ridge. Overall, it is tear-shaped, with a small butt and a broad blade which is not sharp anymore. The surface is much corroded.
Created on: Thursday 14th April 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SWYOR-B8AC38
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast, copper alloy, flat axehead of the Migdale-Marnoch tradition, dating from the early Bronze Age, 2150-1500BC. The axehead has a thin narrow rounded butt; the body then thickens in the middle and thins again to a splayed blade and cutting edge. There are slightly raised flanges along the sides. The surface of the axehead is quite corroded and pitted; only small patches of the original surface survive. The axehead measures 104.8mm long, 50.8mm wide across the blade and 11.8mm thick. It weighs 203gm.
Created on: Friday 6th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SWYOR-1EE112
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy Early Bronze Age flat Axehead (possibly of Migdale type?) and dating to between 2200-1500 BC. The axehead has a thin narrow rounded butt. The body is thickened at the middle and thins again to a splayed blade and cutting edge. The axehead weights 217g and measures 99.6mm in length from butt to cutting edge. At the thickest point across the body of the axehead, it measures 11.1mm and the measurement across the blade is 58.7mm. The surface of the axehead is very corroded and pitted, only small patches of the original surface survive.
Created on: Wednesday 11th May 2005
Last updated: Saturday 30th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Silsden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-81D3E1
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Butt fragment from an axehead of Bronze Age date. The butt fragment is likely to be from a developed flat axe or flanged axe of later Early Bronze Age date, metalworking stage IV, corresponding to Needham's 1996 Period 3, c. 2100 - 1700 BC. It is possible however, that the fragment may be from a small palstave of Middle Bronze Age date, c. 1500 - 1150BC. The fragment has a surviving length of 27.1mm and a maximum surviving width at the break of 15.9mm. The butt is neatly rounded and has a thickness of 1.3mm. The sides are straight and diverge gently before the break. The sides are …
Created on: Thursday 9th June 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 20th December 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: LANCUM-96C075
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cu-alloy tool, possibly a chisel. It is very thin and if not a tool of some kind it may have been part of a metal vessel (part of the handle?). There is a chance that it is a Bronze Age tool, but the overall shape does not suggest this (too thin for a wood working tool).
Created on: Friday 10th June 2005
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BH-9346C8
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small copper or copper-alloy flat axe of early Bronze Age date. The object has probably been made in a one piece mould. It measures 48.4mm long by up to 31.2mm wide, at the blade, and 8.6mm thick. Its surfaces are slightly convex and taper towards the asymmetrical blade. The surface is heavily pitted. It weighs 53.18g.
Created on: Monday 4th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lacey Green', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-B69B57
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly incomplete cast copper early Bronze Age flat axe head, dating to between c. 2,200-1,450 BC (length: 151mm; width at blade: 60.7mm; thickness: 13.1mm; weight: exceeds weight limit of scales). A large and heavy axe with much of the metal still existing, the butt is the thinnest point of the artefact and the width tapers outwards towards the blade which is slightly worn and broken. Overall, the axehead is in a worn and poor condition with a pitted surface and no original surface still existing.
Created on: Monday 18th July 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-E3C9F1
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire West and Chester
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age narrow-butted flat axe with expanded cutting edge. One side has raised flanges that appear to be cast rather than hammered.
Created on: Monday 1st August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-0BA3F4
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast bronze flat axe, dating to the Bronze Age between c. 2,200 - c. 1,800 BC (length: 84.7mm; width at blade: 37.9mm; thickness: 12.1mm; weight: 111.13g). The butt of the axe head is incomplete, the neck and main body of the artefact thickens outwards and the incomplete blade splays outwards. The artefact is in a very worn, pitted and heavily corroded condition with some areas of bronze disease. Very little of the original patina remains.
Created on: Monday 15th August 2005
Last updated: Monday 16th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shropshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-2EBC45
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze age copper alloy flat axe, 89mm long and 42mm wide. The axe is in fair condition with a brown/green patina and weighs 95grams. The axe has a narrow and long body which begins 17mm wide and 3mm thick. It tapers gradually and reaches its thickest just under half way along its length where it is 10mm thick and 21mm wide. From this point the axe widens slightly and becomes gradually thinner until it fans out to a blade 42mm wide and 1.5mm thick.
Created on: Wednesday 17th August 2005
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-9CA9C4
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of Early Bronze Age flat axe. This fragment represents the lower body and blade of the axe. When complete it would have been a flattened lentoid in profile. The remains of the body of the axe flare broadly into the crescentic blade. The cutting edge and blade tips are now heavily worn. To either side of the body of the axe are barely perceptible, low flanges that diminish before reaching the blade. The surface of the axe is heavily pitted. The original surface has a mid green patina, but exposed lower surfaces are light green and bright green. The upper body and butt of the ax…
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

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
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burton area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-D8EEE6
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper alloy low-flanged axe of Early Bronze Age date. The axe belongs to Type Arreton (following Schmidt and Burgess 1981) or Class 5 (following Needham 1983; forthcoming). It can be dated to the Arreton metalworking phase (1725-1500 cal. BC), falling within the later half of Period 4 (Needham 1996; Needham et al. 1997). The axehead has an overall length of 122.7mm and weighs 270.7g. The butt is rounded and has a width of 20mm. The septum gradually thickens to the curved and prominent median bevel, positioned 55mm from the butt. The sides are comparatively straight and di…
Created on: Thursday 25th August 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 30th August 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: NMS-82F415
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age Squat copper alloy flat axehead with slightly damaged butt-end, sides expanding and flaring slightly to rather asymmetrical cutting edge (width 60mm). Body rectangular in section and quite thick at mid-way point (10mm), thinning to butt-end and cutting edge. Surface corroded. Length 78mm, width 59mm, weighs 209g. c.2350 – c.1500 BC.
Created on: Friday 2nd September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hemblington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-18ADC1
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead, 106mm long and 56mm wide. The axe is an early Bronze Age type.
Created on: Friday 9th September 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-D234E8
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete (but badly corroded) cast bronze flat axe head, dating to the early Bronze Age between c. 2200-c. 1800 BC (length: 119mm; width at blade: 49mm; thickness 7mm; weight: 158.17g). The butt of the axe head was probably rounded is shape, but it is difficult to tell, particularly with bronze disease around the edges. The artefact then widens at gradually and has a slightly splayed blade end. A distinct blade edge is unidentifiable (thickness at blade tip: 4mm), again particularly due to corrosion and a small area of bronze disease. Overall, the axe head is in a worn but fair c…
Created on: Wednesday 12th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Croxden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-CBA703
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large, heavily corroded Early Bronze Age flat axehead. It is ver broad and has a gently curved blade. Due to corrosion, no signs of wear or re-sharpenings can be made out. The butt and sides are very corroded as well, but there are certainly no traces of flanges - thus making it one of the earliest cu-alloy flat axes from the Early Bronze Age.
Created on: Monday 24th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-D52D41
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead, corroded and damaged butt-end, sides expanding slightly to break, cutting edge missing (width 60mm). Body rectangular in section (9mm thick at break), thinning to butt-end (3mm thick). Length >46mm, width >32mm, weighs 56.98g. c.2350–c.1500 BC.
Created on: Monday 12th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Ellingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-E6DCD2
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Caerphilly
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete Early Bronze Age bronze developed flat axe (or flanged axe), probably of Class 4E (following Needham forthcoming), corresponding with Schmidt and Burgess' (1981) type Bandon and with Type Derryniggin (Harbison 1969) in Ireland. Axes of these types date towards the end of the Early Bronze Age: Needham's (1996) Period 3 c.1950 - 1700 BC/Needham et al.'s (1997) Willerby phase. The axehead is eroded with very little of the original surface surviving, making it difficult to determine whether the axe is broken or complete. The axe is now comparatively small with an overall sur…
Created on: Friday 6th January 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SUR-E8E287
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flat axe dating to the Early Bronze Age. The axe has a stop bevel and a narrow blade as well as slight traces of side flanges. The butt end is missing. The condition is poor with a rough surface.
Created on: Friday 6th January 2006
Last updated: Saturday 3rd December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-32FCB3
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age Flat axehead with butt-end missing, sides (with chamfered edges) expanding to cutting edge (width 42mm). Body rectangular in section and quite thick and slightly trapezoidal at beak near mid-way point (12mm), thinning to cutting edge. Worn and corroded, >46mm. c.2350 – c.1500 BC.
Created on: Friday 3rd February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hindringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-049216
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The axe is made from cast copper. The nature of the corrosion, with blue patches and analysis of past flat axes suggest the material is more likely to be copper rather than copper alloy. The axe is complete, but the surface has been heavily abraded, therefore only traces of a heavy green/brown patina. In plan the axe is a sub elongated triangle. The butt is rounded, and in profile gradually tapers to a rounded edge. The sides are straight with no flaring outwards of the blade tip. The blade cutting edge appears to have been sharpened, suggesting the axe was functional rather than v…
Created on: Monday 13th February 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-A1C521
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy flat axe of the Early Bronze Age. The fragment consists of the back of the haft, the whole of the cutting blade is missing.
Created on: Thursday 4th May 2006
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
No spatial data available.

Record ID: WAW-4A1BA3
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The axe is made from cast copper alloy. The axe is complete, but the surface has been heavily abraded and is pitted, therefore there is only one patch of a heavy brown patina. In plan the axe is a sub elongated trapezoid with a rounded butt and flared blade. The butt is rounded, and in profile tapers to a rounded edge. The edges of the septum and body are slightly raised, forming a slight flange. The blade flares outwards, but the blade tips are abraded and therefore rounded. The cutting edge is slightly asymmetrical which may be due to wear rather than abrasion. In profile the bl…
Created on: Friday 12th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 9th February 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GAT-C63BD1
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy flat axehead dating to the Early Bronze Age. It belongs to the phase I classification of types (c. 2500 – 1450 B.C.) in Savoury’s Guide Catalogue of the Bronze Age Collections of the National Museum of Wales and appears to be of Migdale tradition. It is not one of the earliest types of axe due to the flared blade and central thickening, which were improvements on the earliest types. The convex blade is splayed on either side by roughly 10mm and the butt is slightly rounded. Across the axehead run concentric ridges mimicking the shape of the blade. The cutting e…
Created on: Thursday 18th May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NCL-2BE993
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy flat axe of the early Bronze Age similar in shape to a class 2 axe. The body flares evenly to the blade end of the object. The blade flares out from the body with an even curviture to the edge. The edge remains fairly sharp, though an imperfection in the metal has left a small semicircular divet in the center of the edge. At the points of the blade, the width of the axe is 60mm. The haft end is roughly squared, and it is difficult to tell whether this is the original butt or if butt broke off the object, the broken edges then smoothed slightly. The butt measu…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: SWYOR-EE0306
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy, Early Bronze Age, flat axe, probably of the Migdale type, dating from 2150-1500BC. Approximately one third of the axehead is represented by this piece. The thinned blade edge survives and flares out at each side. Before the broken edge, there are slight flanges on the edges of the axehead. It has been suggested that Bronze Age axes were sometimes sacrificially killed (cut into pieces). The fragment is 32.4mm long,, 36.2mm wide and 8.8mm thick. It weighs 33.41gm.
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-2CCC31
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age flat axe, made from cast cu-alloy. As far as can be determined from the picture, the axe is plain on both sides, has a narrow butt and a widely splayed cutting edge. If there are signs of wear or re-sharpening marks, we cannot see them on the images; they may be very faint. This axe is part of the Brithdir metalwork assemblage and dates from ca. 2150-2000BC Unfortunately, we do not have any measurements for the axe, but many thanks to the finder for supplying the images attached to this entry.
Created on: Friday 16th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-6AA1D6
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast bronze flat axehead, dating to the Early Bronze Age between 2100 - 1500 BC (length: 94mm; width at butt: 34mm; width at blade tip: 63mm; thickness in the centre: 9mm; weight: ). The axehead has a lenticular profile with a convex section/ thickness at the sides. The parallel sides are particularly straight, although they expand outwrds with a protruding blade tip to either side. Although most of the original cutting edge survives, the probable blade facets are not particularly noticeable. the artefact is in a worn but fair condition with a light green patina.
Created on: Monday 19th June 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sheriffhales', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-957C57
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bronze flat axe of the late Early Bronze Age. It is complete and is a low-flanged axe of Arreton type. There is severe surface pocking due to invasive corrosion, especially on one face and side. Small amounts of deep brown patinated original surface survive, but the axe is mostly a pale to medium green. There is no trace of a central bevel or stop ridge, although a bevel divides the blade end from the axe body. The butt end is gently convex. A few recent plough grazes are present on the surface. The axe is 86mm in length, 46mm at the blade, and is 9mm thick. It weighs 98g.
Created on: Wednesday 21st June 2006
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-37DD20
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age flat axehead. Cast copper alloy or, more likely, copper. In plan the axe is sub-triangular and in profile the axe expands very gradually and slightly towards the middle. Undecorated, and with no side flanges or stop bevel. The butt end is rounded, and the sides are flat and very slightly concave. The tips of the curved blade are slightly damaged, and the edge bevel & cutting edge do not survive. There is a shallow scratch on one surface, starting as a notch close to the left hand corner of the blade, and running roughly one third of the way up the axe - this damage was…
Created on: Tuesday 11th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newark area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-37F827
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age cast copper alloy chisel / small wood-working tool. Contemporary with flat axes, c.2200-1500BC. The tips of the curved triangular blade are damaged and there is no cutting edge or edge bevel remaining. There is no stop or collar at the junction of the blade and butt end. Vertical flat sides. Rectangular sectioned, tapering to a point at the butt end - it is not clear whether this is broken or not. Pitted; mainly mid blue-green patina, with some patchy dark and light green, and brown. Length 51.29mm, width at cutting edge 17.21mm, width at butt end 3mm, thickness 4.8mm,…
Created on: Tuesday 11th July 2006
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newark area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-61F4B3
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Bronze Age cast cu-alloy flat axe. The body of the axe flares out into a crescent-shaped blade and the butt also curves slightly. The axe has a smooth surface with a large pitted area on one face and a decoration of ca. 15 horizontal lines of short grooves on each side. Its casting seams were flattened and polished it is generally in good condition, with a rich greenish-brown patina. The body thickens in the middle so that the shaft sides have an elongated, rounded diamond shape. It does not have stop-ridge or side flanges which makes it part of the Migdale-Marnoch met…
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shap', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-639CD5
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Bronze Age flat axe head (copper alloy). It is unclear whether the hafting end has broken or not. This is almost rectangular in section and 33.07mm wide; there is no evidence of a socket. The sides taper to a curved blade which is no wider than the sides. The fragment is worn and soil obscures any further detail.
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2006
Last updated: Monday 6th April 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tring Rural', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-89E573
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age bronze flat axe of Type Migdale (following Schmidt and Burgess 1981) or Class 3D, Type Barton Stacey (following Needham et al. forthcoming), and dating to the Brithdir assemblage (c. 2200/2150 - 2050 BC) during Needham's (1996, pp 127 - 130) Period 2, c. 2,300 - 2,050BC. The flat axe is complete and has an overall length of 150.4mm and weighs 503.9g. The butt is square with a width of 24mm and is tapered to a thickness of 3mm. The sides are divergent and are straight for some 50mm before they become concave to the expanded blade. The sides are moderately flat acr…
Created on: Thursday 27th July 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 18th May 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-F3F037
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age Butt end of flat axe. Ancient transverse break. In fresh condition. Length 57mm. Maximum width 39mm. Thickness 9mm. Weight 97.98g. c.2350 - c.1500 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 1st August 2006
Last updated: Monday 14th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Edgefield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-9F2990
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete developed flat axe with cast (?) flanges of later Early Bronze Age date (c. 2000 – 1700 BC). Although incomplete the classification of the axe matches the descriptions and illustrations of the axe type Arreton which is dated to Early Bronze Age III, of metalworking stage V, which corresponds to Needham’s (1996) Period 3 circa 2000 – 1700 BC. The axehead is broadly sub rectangular in plan with a splayed crescent shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges. There is a large horizontal break toward the butt of the axehead and approximate…
Created on: Wednesday 9th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wem', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-24F646
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age (or Metal-Using Neolithic) copper flat axe, falling within Needham et al.'s (forthcoming) Class 2D, Type Halberton, or probably of Type Growtown / Milton Moss (following Schmidt and Burgess 1981). The axe is near-complete with only a little damage to the edges and has a length of 98.55mm and weighs 325.1g. The butt has suffered a little damage making the type identification difficult and slightly speculative, but appears to have been straight with a surviving width of 32.9mm and a thickness of 4.5mm. The sides of the axe are comparatively straight and are very slig…
Created on: Thursday 21st September 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 12th September 2017
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: NMGW-743CA6
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy flat axe which thickens towards the middle, with a thin, narrow and originally probably slightly rounded butt and a splayed blade. The edges of both the butt and the blade are damaged, and one face in particular is heavily corroded. Two distinct casting flaws are visible on the relatively uncorroded face of the axe. The sides of the blade more or less evenly curve outwards towards the cutting edge from a point situated slightly over one third of the length of the axe from the butt. The axe is undecorated. Longitudinal stritations visible on the relatively uncorro…
Created on: Thursday 19th October 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2014
Spatial data recorded.