Record ID: DYFED-D776EF
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Object is an incomplete, small, copper alloy flat axehead, probably dating from the Early Bronze Age period (c. BC 2350 - c. BC 2050). The axe is broadly rectangular in plan with a slightly splayed crescentric blade. The sides of the axe gently taper outwards with a shallow curve, from the rounded butt to the blade. The surfaces are flat and do not show any signs of side flanges. The axehead has suffered significant loss from corrosion on all surfaces, and is pitmarked and edges worn and rounded. It has an overall browny red and green patina. There are several…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Slebech', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1B57C5
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy early Bronze Age flat axehead. All that remains is the blade end, which is flared and roughly triangular in shape.The worn and corroded cutting edge is crescentic in form, extending beyond both sides of the axe. The surface is badly corroded with little of the original patina remaining.  This is the blade end from an incomplete axe of Bronze Age date. Its form, size and lack of flanges suggest it is a flat axe rather than a palstave and as such it dates to the Early Bronze Age, c.2150-1500 BC. Length: 66.35mm Width: 62.66mm Thickness: …
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sibton', grid reference and parish protected.

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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-FD9649
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flat axe-chisel or narrow bladed chisel dating from the Early Bronze Age, c. 2200 - 1800 BC. The body of the object is near-parallel with straight sides which very slightly tapers towards the head. Flanges can be found on each side of the body. The body is lentoid in cross-section for a short portion before it transitions to sub-rectangular. A possible proto stop ridge is visible at the point where the blade expands. The axe splays at the blade which comprises a flat flared crescentic blade that is an elongated hexagon in cross-section. The blade ed…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
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Record ID: DEV-03D7E3
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy decorated flat axehead probably of Needham’s Class 3, possibly type b (Boreland) c. 2200-1900 BC. The axe is broken mid-blade with none of the butt remaining, making further diagnostics unobtainable. There are two grooves running down the centre of the blade on one side which thicken and flare before terminating before the blades edge. Measurements: Length 87.1mm, Width 88.7mm at blade, tapering to 40.6mm at break, Thickness 11mm at break, tapering to 3.9mm at cutting edge, Weight 277g.
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laneast', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-03A27A
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy flat axehead or chisel. There is some damage to the cutting edge and the butt. The butt is narrow and angled at the end. The axehead is elongated with long, low-flanged sides which flare out from the butt to the curved cutting edge. The flanges start at the butt and increase slightly in height to the mid.point of the axehead before decreasing in height until stopping around 1 cm from the cutting edge. The side profile is pointed oval. The transverse profile is a shallow H-shape. There is no evidence of a stop-ridge. The surfaces are all heavily pi…
Created on: Monday 18th December 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 31st January 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-CDE50B
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Bronze Age cast copper alloy flat axe of undeterminable type, dating from c. 2200 to 1800 BC. The axe is incomplete due to surface loss. It has a surviving length of 76.79mm. The blade end is crescentric in shape, it has a surviving blade width of 44.79mm.  From the blade, the body of the axe narrows in shape, and terminates in a rounded butt. The axe is broadly lenticular when viewed in profile, although heavy corrosion has altered its shape. The axe has a heavily textured surface caused by corrosion; it is copper-green in colour with areas of reddish brown…
Created on: Friday 15th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 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: LANCUM-9D8817
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
A Bronze Age flat axe head. It is a trapezoidal in shape,widening towards the blade end. The blade is curved. There is no apparent stop feature. The side profile is slightly lenticular, with bevelled edges, which probably assigns this to Needhams Class 2. Further, the gently curved sides may suggest that it is Sub-class 2C. There is little corrosion, the object has an even brown patina Dimensions: 123mm long and 73mm wide, it is 7mm thick
Created on: Friday 1st December 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Torrisholme', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-5FC08B
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and very worn copper-alloy flat axehead of Early Bronze Age date (c.2350-1600BC). Description: The axehead remains as the blade end and the lower half of the body. The body is narrow and waisted, gradually widening to the blade where it sharply flares to the blade's corners. The blade edge is curved and worn. The butt end ends in a transverse break. The axehead is very worn and pitted with a orange-brown uneven surface, with areas of a medium to light blue-green colour.  Measurements: length: 57.9mm; width: 51.2; thickness: 10mm; weight: 88g
Created on: Tuesday 28th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: WMID-4A092D
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) flat axe of Early Bronze Age dating (c. 2350 BC to c. 2050 BC). 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; the width at the butt is 16.5 mm (thickness: 4.2 mm). The sides of the axe gently expand in width from the butt to the blade; in shape they are relatively curved. The axe is thickest at the mid point (10.4 mm), with traces of a proto stop ridge p…
Created on: Monday 27th November 2023
Last updated: Thursday 4th January 2024
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Record ID: DENO-766E54
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early to middle Bronze Age copper alloy axehead, dating to c. 1900 - 1500 BC. The blade has a crescent cutting edge with pointed terminals, the cutting edge is 48.77 mm wide. The axehead increases in thickness along the length towards the centre then tapers towards the cutting edge, creating a lozenge shaped profile and resulting in a shallow ridge across the centre. The butt is curved. The object has a dark grey patina with some chipping along the cutting edge and the butt. Surfaces are undecorated. Length 95.04 mm, width 30.74 mm, thickness 9.48 mm and we…
Created on: Friday 17th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 24th November 2023
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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: GAT-7DEAC4
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Bronze Age flat axehead. The find is truncated into two fragments with an irregular break towards the butt. The axe is pitted with a light brown and mid green patina. The surfaces are flat and do not show any signs of side flanges. From the butt, which is sub-oval in profile, the sides of the axe expand in width to the blade. Both tips of the blade are truncated, although one more so than the other. Both would have likely extended slightly further.
Created on: Thursday 12th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 12th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tref Alaw', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-6690EE
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) flat axe of Early Bronze Age dating (c. 2350 BC to c. 2050 BC). Less than 25% of the flat axehead is present, consisting of the butt of the axe head. The flat axe fragment is broadly sub rectangular in shape with a rounded butt. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges. The butt is relatively thin having a narrow rounded profile; the width at the butt is 26.8 mm (thickness: 2.7 mm). The sides of the axe gently expand in width from the butt to the midpoint; in shape they are relatively straight. …
Created on: Tuesday 18th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2023
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Record ID: LANCUM-536004
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probable early Bronze Age flat axe/chisel. The copper alloy axe is elongated, being considerably longer than its width. The slightly flared end is also still quite narrow; in Needhams (2017) classification this is near rectangular. The whole is lenticular in section along the length, the maximum width being near to the centre. There is some damage, a piece is missing from one corner of the blade, and also at the haft. There is no stop feature. The nearest parallel is Needhams Class 3 axe/chisel type (Needham 2017, 44). The whole is covered in oxidisation residue&nbs…
Created on: Wednesday 5th July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 31st August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Dean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-2E5CC2
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy flat axehead of early Bronze Age date, c.2150 - 1500 BC. The axehead is sub-trapezoidal with an ovate section and worn breaks to either end. The cutting edge and butt no longer remain. The axehead is extremely worn and undecorated. No signs of ridges or flanges are present indicating that this is an early flat axe. The metal has a delaminated mid- green patina. The axehead is 47.6mm long, 27.1mm wide, 9.7mm thick and weighs 51.5g.
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 11th July 2023
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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: WMID-2FD5D5
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy flat axehead, probably dating from the Early Bronze Age period (c. BC 2350 - c. BC 2050).  The axe is broadly rectangular in plan with a slightly splayed crescentric blade. In profile and in section the object is broadly lentoid. The sides of the axe gently taper outwards with a shallow curve, from the rounded butt to the blade. The curve is less shallow towards the blade. The axehead has suffered significant loss from corrosion on all surfaces, particularly at the blade and the butt. The axehead measures 56.9 mm in length, the…
Created on: Wednesday 21st June 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 19th September 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-8457AC
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cardiff
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dimensions: length 181.0mm; width of blade 86.2mm; width of butt 28.7mm; thickness of butt 1.5mm; maximum thickness across body 11.6mm; weight 551.3g A complete, but corroded and worn flat axe with rain-pattern decoration, dating to MA III/MA IV of the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000-1900 BC) (Needham 1996). The axe has a narrow butt, tapering to a slightly arched end with a thickness of 1.5mm. The axe has a rectangular cross-section and a lozenge-shaped profile, thickening from the butt towards the point of maximum thickness (c. 82.5mm below the butt end). From the butt end, the sides of …
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: WMID-1A8BAD
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) flat axe of Early Bronze Age dating (c. 2350 BC to c. 2050 BC). 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; the width at the butt is 23.7 mm (thickness: 2.5 mm). The sides of the axe gently expand in width from the butt to the blade; in shape they are relatively curved. The axe is thickest at the mid point (10.1 mm), with no traces of a proto stop ridg…
Created on: Thursday 8th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
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Record ID: LANCUM-DF71D9
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
An short-flanged axehead of the middle Bronze Age.  The haft end is slightly curved, and it has a stop slightly over halfway along the haft. At the point where the blade starts to widen out the head is decorated with two concentric arcs which are cast into the axe. The head itsef is a wide arc, approximately 120 degrees and bent back at the outer ends. Both sides are identical in form, one side has slighty more corrosion apparant but overall it is in a good state of preservation. It has a light green patina Dimensions: 150mm long, 24.91mm wide at the base of t…
Created on: Monday 5th June 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kirby Thore', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-261011
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper alloy axehead of probable Bronze Age date, possibly early Bronze conforming to Needham's Class 2D Halberton type, c. BC 2350-1601. The axehead has a trapezoidal shape with straight sides, a broad butt, and very minimal blade tip expansion. The cutting edge is largely in tact and free from knicks and breaks. it has a lenticular, narrow profile. The patina is powdery, pale green with some surface pitting. Due to the lack of blade tip expansion and the near rectangular shape, this broadly conforms to Needham's Class 2D Halberton type which date from the Early Bro…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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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: DENO-6BBE82
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Bronze Age flat axehead, probably consistent with metalworking stage II corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 2 (c. 2350 - 2050 BC). The axe has a spatulate shape tapering towards the butt and an expanded blade with a crescentic cutting edge. The rectangular butt is intact, but corroded. The axe is abraded around all edges, but retains a dark glossy patina on upper and lower faces. tapering towards the butt. The object is 58 mm long, the blade is 45 mm wide, the butt end is 24 mm wide. The axehead is 11 mm thick at the butt, tapering …
Created on: Friday 31st March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
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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: GLO-07BADC
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy flat axe of Early Bronze Age date. The axe is sub-triangular in plan with a narrow rounded butt that is 29mm wide, the sides expand out evenly in a gradual concave arch to the cutting edge which is 66mm wide, the blade is slightly convex in shape with a pronounced bevel (10mm deep) on both sides of the cutting edge. The surface of the axe has suffered from corrosion resulting is a lighter green pitted exterior with occasional patches of darker green patina that are the remains of the original surface. This axehead is best described as coming from the later phases of…
Created on: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 18th April 2023
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Record ID: NCL-07CCEB
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
Complete copper alloy flat axe of Early Bronze Age date (c. 2200-1900 BC), probably consistent with metalworking stage II corresponding to Needham's (1996) Period 2 (c. 2350-2050 BC). Broadly sub-triangular in plan with a broad, rounded crescent shaped cutting edge ( width: 58.77mm). The axe tapers towards the butt, terminating with a width of 32.02mm and is broken unevenly at its terminal end. Both faces are broadly flat and smooth, with a grey/green patina. The edges and surface have worn and recent chips.  This axehead probably dates from the later phases o…
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: NARC-4E0A71
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy developed flat Axehead of Early Bronze Age date (2200-1700 BC). Needham’s Class 3A (Lansdown type). The object is sub rectangular in cross section and has a shallow lenticular side profile. There is a proto stop ridge / median bevel which is now barely visible due to corrosion and the developed patina. The axehead has a rounded butt end. The external edges are worn and have a slight hammer raised flange. The object then extends to a crescentic flared blade/cutting edge which is worn and slightly chipped. The axehead has a proto-stop approx…
Created on: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Last updated: Thursday 6th April 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: SF-020828
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Bronze Age probable flat axehead or possibly a chisel dating to circa 2350-1500 BC. Trapezoidal in plan and rectangular-sectioned, the extant piece is heavily worn. It has a thin, straight butt which flares outwards before terminating in an ancient break before any diagnostic features would have been revealed. It is now heavily corroded and abraded. A broad Early Bronze Age date is suggested, consisted with the chronology for flat axeheads. Length: 42.8mm; Width: 22.3mm; Thickness: 5.2mm; Weight: 15.8mm.
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Badley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-831595
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper axe. Cast axe head of lentoid section with straight sides between a rounded cutting edge and butt. The sides are flat for a medially measured length of 51mm between the bevelled or sharpened ends. The cutting edge and the butt are [now] equally sharp; one flat side of the axe is smooth and the other eroded with ridges and hollowed areas, the latter side showing patches of metal of a reddish hue and localised specks of pale green corrosion; rough areas are also localised. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC Length: 86.5mm, Width (at inner end of cutting edge): 53mm, T…
Created on: Friday 6th January 2023
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Market Rasen', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-B14A77
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy later Early Bronze Age Aylesford Type developed flat axe (c. 2050-1800 BC). The object has a slightly rounded, narrow butt from which it tapers slightly outwards until it reaches the crescentic cutting blade. The blade is slightly chipped in two places but otherwise complete. 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 very slight flanges. Where it survives the patina is dark brown.  The axe head dates to Early Br…
Created on: Thursday 15th December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 18th April 2023
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Record ID: NMS-713616
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Very small axe or axe chisel, of Needham, S, P, (2017) class 2 if intended as a small axe, class 3 if an axe-chisel, as yet undetermined precisely. Of trapezoidal plan, a thin butt, tapering out with very straight sides to the cutting semi-circular edge, patinated green with approx. 30% original surface loss due to corrosion, no low flanges to the lateral edges; there is one edge that has not been affected by the loss of surface, this shows there was no edge expansion at all, a sub-rectangular cross section throughout. A subtle change of angles at the midpoint …
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Friday 26th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wymondham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-75B845
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy (bronze) flat axe of the Early Bronze Age, dating from c. BC 2500 - BC 2050 Less than 50% of the axehead is present, consisting of the blade and part of the middle. The butt is missing. The flat axe is broadly sub rectangular in plan with a splayed crescent shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges. In cross section the axe is lentoid in shape. The patina at the break matches with the rest of the axe suggesting the break occurred in antiquity. The sides of the axe gently expand in width from the midd…
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 30th November 2022
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Record ID: YORYM-5F7E64
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper-alloy flat axehead of early Bronze Age date, c.2150 - 1500 BC.  The axehead is sub-trapezoidal with a lenticular long profile, thickest at the middle. The haft end terminates in a worn transverse break. The sides of the axe expand gradually to the wide crescentic blade end with beveled cutting edge. The axehead is undecorated. The metal has a dark brown patina and is worn. The object is 114.9mm long, 71.2mm to 28.3mm wide, 10.6mm thick and weighs 283g.
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2022
Last updated: Saturday 24th December 2022
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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
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-ADE4C2
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small flat axe, heavily corroded to the point of deep surface loss, patinated green with brown spotty patches, the deep areas of pitting is a powdery light green. No flanges noted or a stop ridge, likely to be an early type, probably of almost pure copper hence the extent of the corrosion. Early Bronze Age, 700 to 1,500 BC.
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2022
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-8A5C25
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An Early Bronze Age bronze flat axe, of likely class 2D Halberton type (Needham 2017) dating to 2400BC - 2200BC. The axe is near-complete but with significant surface losses, and some corrosion. It has a surviving length of 96.2mm. The original blade edge has been lost and is now moderately rounded, with a surviving width of 51.28mm. From the blade edge the body of the axe gradually narrows in shape and curves inwards. The axe gradually gets thicker in the centre (with a maximum thickness of 9.94mm) and tapers off towards the butt, creating a broadly lentoid profile with sli…
Created on: Monday 19th September 2022
Last updated: Saturday 3rd June 2023
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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: NCL-F0A63E
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) flat axe of Early Bronze Age dating (c. 2350 BC to c. 2050 BC). The flat axe is broadly sub rectangular in shape with an incomplete rounded shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with tapering edges. The axehead is broken, with the butt end missing. The break is an irregular concave in shape; the width at the break is 37.99 mm (thickness:7.23 mm). The sides of the axe gently expand in width from the break to the blade; in shape they are relatively straight. The axe is thickest at the mid point (11.33 mm), …
Created on: Monday 12th September 2022
Last updated: Thursday 11th January 2024
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Record ID: KENT-FDBBE3
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of copper-alloy flat axehead of Early Bronze Age date (2350-1600BC). Description: The fragment is relatively short and represents the butt end of the axehead. The butt is rounded narrow and very thin almost like it has extensive post casting working to make it that thin. The fragment widens slightly towards a jagged and patinated break. It has a dark green pitted surface. There maybe evidence of hammering to break up the axehead on one of the upper surface shown by a rectangular mark that has patinated differently. Measurements: 40.09mm long, 28.31mm wide, 10.8mm thic…
Created on: Thursday 1st September 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th September 2022
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Record ID: NMS-14243D
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, short, and stout flat axehead, of Needham. S, (2017) class 4E or F, most of the flat rectangular butt survives, curving out very slightly to a thicker centre section which has very slight flanges to both sides on both faces. The axe then curves out sharply to a wide cutting edge, most of which is now missing due to corrosion, the smooth olive-green polished surface is what remains of the original surfaces, largely corroded and pitted, mostly to one face and the extremities of the axe. Cf. NMS-6620F2 for a similar axe. Length 76.0mm, maximum surviving width 44.7mm, max…
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: OXON-843111
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete cast copper alloy developed flat axehead of Needham’s Class 3A (Type Lansdown), dating to the early Bronze Age, c. 2200-2000BC. The haft has a transverse terminal which is is sub-rectangular in cross section. From this point it widens in a smooth concave curve to its point of maximum width at its blade tips (c.46.1mm).  The blade has a crescent edge. In profile the axehead is oval shaped. widening to its middle and narrowing to its blade edge. The axehead has a proto-stop approximately half way down its length which is is straight and subtle.&…
Created on: Friday 8th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lyneham CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-6EC75E
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy flat axe of Early Bronze Age date. The axe is sub-triangular in plan with a wide rounded butt that is 24mm wide, the sides expand out evenly in a gradual concave arch to the cutting edge which is 48mm wide, the blade is slightly convex in shape. The blade bevel is slight and when viewed to the side the axe has a low lentoid profile. The axe has suffered from corrosion that has removed the original patina and left a pitted surface. The axs fits with some of the earliest metal artefacts found in Britain, possibly associated with the Migdale Metalworking tradition. T…
Created on: Thursday 7th July 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 14th March 2023
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Record ID: KENT-735EC1
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and very worn copper-alloy flat axehead of Early Bronze Age date (2350-1600BC). Description: The axehead is trapezoidal in shape with a lenticular cross-section. It has an irregular break at the butt end and from here its straight sides gradually widen to a slightly curved blade. It is very worn and pitted with a light green patina.  Measurements: length: 80.2mm; width: 56.3; thickness: 9.8mm; weight: 187.65g
Created on: Wednesday 1st June 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 28th December 2022
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Record ID: WILT-4B374B
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy flat axe of Early Bronze Age date (c. 2200 - 1900 BC). This example fits best into the category of the earliest known copper axes 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 c 2350- 2050 CAL. BC. The flat axe is sub-triangular in plan with a splayed crescent shaped blade.  From the cutting edge the body of the axe gradually narrows in form with the upper and lower edges tapering and curving a little inwards to …
Created on: Monday 30th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th November 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Nr Sevenoaks', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-A5B077
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy flat axehead. A very small, possibly miniature axehead. It has a tapering, rounded butt. It is slightly thickened at the mid-point (possibly a proto stop-ridge). It flares, initially gently and then is stepped out into a wide, curved cutting edge which is thinned from the thickened mid-point. Then cutting edge is blunt and rounded. The axe has a flat sub-rectangular cross section with rounded short edges. There are no evident raised flanges. There is wear and damage on all faces. Date: Early Bronze Age - c. 2000 - 1700 BC Dimensions: 61.28 mm x 24.92 mm x 8.35 mm …
Created on: Sunday 22nd May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
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Record ID: NMS-6620F2
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, short, and stout Early Bronze Age copper alloy flat axehead of Needham. S, (2017) class 4E or F, complete apart from the butt edge (fairly recent damage), one end of the wide crescentic blade (an old break) and a small chip at the centre of the same (more recently removed), Slight flanges to the edges of the septum to assist firm hafting. Some patches of decayed material adhere to the pale brown surfaces, but the remaining cutting edge remains sharp. Weight 79.9g. Length 64.5mm. Extant width 40mm. Thickness 8.8mm. c.2000 - c.1750 BC. Cf. N…
Created on: Thursday 19th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-51B28A
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of the cutting end of a Bronze Age axehead, the cutting edge is convex and complete, apart from a small fragment missing from a non-recent break, the butt is transversely broken in antiquity. The lateral edges are transversally convex and longitudinally concave as they flare out to meet the tips of the cutting edge. Viewed in profile, the edges taper convexly to meet at a point at the cutting edge. The surface of the metal is patinated dark and mid-green and is also notably crazed (covered with a network of fine cracks) on both faces and side edges, probably as a result of a …
Created on: Friday 6th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 20th January 2023
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Record ID: OXON-4DDC19
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete but worn, decorated Early Bronze Age developed flat axehead dating to c.2000-1900 cal BC. The axehead has a narrow butt (c.27mm wide) which has a rounded terminal. From this point is widens in a smooth concave curve to its point of maximum width and its blade tips (c.83mm). The blade is a shallow crescent shape and appears to have been bevelled on one side from sharpening. The opposite surface’s patina is too chipped to determine whether it too was sharpened or whether the blade has marks from use. The axehead is lozenge shaped in profile thickening from its butt and…
Created on: Friday 6th May 2022
Last updated: Friday 6th January 2023
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Record ID: NMS-29E851
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age copper-alloy flat axehead. It has a wide convex cutting edge and a narrower convex butt end. The two side edges connecting these are longitudinally concave and flaring but transversally convex. Viewed from either of the side edges the axehead is lentoid: thickest in the middle and tapering convexly to a point at the cutting and butt ends. It is virtually complete, with two small but noticeable deformations at the cutting edge and another at the butt end, most probably caused by impact. Both faces have a similar cast-in decoration or texture resemb…
Created on: Friday 22nd April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 10th August 2022
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Record ID: SF-6F639D
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Bronze Age copper-alloy flat axe dating to circa 1900-1600 BC. Sub-rectangular in plan and triangular in section, the extant piece comprised the blade and the cutting edge. The cutting edge is crescentic and heavily abraded. Each face is now heavily abraded. The solid blade terminates in an ancient break. Length: 36.9mm; Width: 42mm; Thickness: 9.9mm; Weight: 60.19g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th April 2022
Last updated: Monday 15th August 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Pakenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-C0B6C5
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy axe head fragment. Cast flax axe fragment, comprising a broken proximal end which is of rectangular section where broken, expanded to form the blade which is chamfered or bevelled from 15mm behind the crescentic cutting edge. The objects is abraded overall, with extensive joining patches of pale green corrosion on its sides, and with abrasion and corrosion entirely covering the crescentic cutting edge which is accordingly blunt and rough and the upper and lower sides as well as the broken end, which is stained brown from sandy local soils. The broken inner end of the axe w…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 16th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DUR-F0F844
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy flat axehead dating to the Early Bronze Age (2500-2050BC). The axehead is sub-triangular in plan and profile, narrowing towards the butt creating a typical lentoid shape. The parallel sides are relatively straight, expanding towards a curved shaped blade that has a width of 32.04mm.The sides have been slightly flattened to enable the blade to be fixed to a wooden shaft. Both ends have been worked to produce a sharp cutting surface. The surafce of the metal is slightly corroded and pitted with a dull pale brown patina with some pale green patches. The…
Created on: Monday 14th March 2022
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 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: SUSS-3F14FC
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an Early Bronze copper-alloy flat axehead of Needham's Class 2D & 3C, dating c. 2300 BC - 2050 cal BC. The lower half of the axehead survives with a worn, patinated concave transverse break revealing a sub-rectangular cross-section. The axehead has trapezoidal sides and in profile, the fragment tapers to the crescentic cutting edge which is complete and very worn. The object has a heavily pitted green and mottled brown patinated surface. Measurements: length: 47.86mm; width at cutting edge: 48.36mm; thickness at break: 9.61mm and weight: 92.41g. The missi…
Created on: Friday 28th January 2022
Last updated: Thursday 10th February 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-7E5437
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely corroded triangular cast copper alloy object, 117mm in length, possibly a flat axehead of early Bronze Age date. The object has moderately concave sides and flares from a width of 6mm at the butt to 56mm at the blade. The side profile lacks a lenticular profile and the cross section appears entirely flat; this may be due to the extensive corrosion loss which has also removed any blade edges and sides. A stop bevel may be present, this has again been corroded to the extent where it is difficult to see. Cf. Needham's (2017) Class 4 B (Type Aylesford), Period 2-3, circa…
Created on: Wednesday 19th January 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 19th January 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-57466B
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Bridgend
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragmentary cast copper alloy axehead, probably a developed flat axe or palstave of Middle Bronze Age date (c.1500-1100 BC). The fragment comprises the narrow butt of the axehead, which is sub-rectangular in plan (overall length 32.6mm) and sub-triangular in profile that thins to the edge of the butt. The sides are straight and only slightly divergent (width at butt is 17.1mm, width at break is 20mm). The object is convex across the thickness beginning c.10mm from the butt edge and increasing gradually, reaching the maximum thickness (8.7mm at the edges, 6.2mm at the centre between t…
Created on: Monday 17th January 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2022
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Record ID: WMID-9FFC87
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) flat axe of Early Bronze Age dating (c. 2350 BC to c. 2050 BC). The flat axe is broadly sub rectangular in shape with an incomplete rounded shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with tapering edges. The butt is relatively thin having a narrow rounded profile; the width at the butt is 11.9 mm (thickness: 2.0 mm). The sides of the axe gently expand in width from the butt to the blade; in shape they are relatively straight. The axe is thickest at the mid point (6.0 mm), with no sign of a proto stop ridge. The sides of the blade expa…
Created on: Wednesday 15th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 15th December 2021
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Record ID: DENO-E1A3CE
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cast copper alloy chisle or miniature axehead of Early Bronze Age date c 1700 - 1500 BCE . The blade has a crescent cutting edge with pointed terminals,  the cutting edge is 24 mm wide. The sides are slightly flanged, creating a long elipse in profile. There is a stopping ridge in a central position. The butt is straight. The object has a mottled green and brown patina with some corrosion along the cutting edge.  The length is 54 mm, width  11 mm , thickness 6 mm weight 22 g
Created on: Monday 6th December 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 13th April 2022
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Record ID: NMS-75BFEA
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very corroded flat axehead of early Bronze Age date. Apart from the corrosion and total loss of surface, it appears complete. The butt is 27.5mm wide, and the axe then flares with very gently concave edges for most of its length. Close to the other end it flares out in a more noticeable curve, to rounded corners and a gently curving cutting edge which is 53.6mm wide. The cross-section flares from 2-2.5mm thick at the butt to a maximum of 13.0mm thick in the centre. The axehead is 88.5mm long and weighs 223g. It is slightly larger than, for example, LVPL-4DA982; and compares …
Created on: Wednesday 1st December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 9th March 2023
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Record ID: WAW-64F227
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy flat axe dating to the early Bronze Age period (c. 2350-2050 BC). The object is sub-trinagular in plan and lentoid in section. The cutting end flares out but is damaged at the tips. The cutting edge is much worn and chipped. The opposing end is thin-butted and also shows signs of chipping. The object has a light green patina. The surface is abraded and there are a few deep scratches on both faces, probably from plough damage. Comparable examples can be seen in Nicholson (1980: 81) nos 177-8. The overall dimensions are as follows: 101.80mm in leng…
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd February 2022
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Record ID: DEV-D0FFF1
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slender copper alloy flat developed axehead or possibly a chisel, dating to the Early Bronze Age, c. 2000-1700 BC. The object is markedly petite, rectangular in shape, and an extremely flattened pointed oval in section, not bulbous enough to be described as lenticular. The object flares very slightly from the butt to the cutting edge, but this is extremely subtle and not characteristic of broad flared axeheads. There are slightly raised flanges present, but these are only present on one surface, and can only be felt rather than seen. There is a suggestion of a slight nick at t…
Created on: Thursday 11th November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 17th November 2021
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Record ID: SF-9D56F8
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of Bronze Age copper-alloy flat axehead dating to circa 2300-1700 BC. Sub-rectangular in plan and triangular in section, the extant piece consists of the cutting edge and portion of the blade which terminates in ancient break. The haft end and butt are missing. The cutting edge is narrow, broadly parallel to the blade at the point of the break. The cutting edge is crescentic but heavily abraded and chipped. The break is straight. The missing elements preclude determination of whether the axehead was narrow or broad butted or developed. Consequently, a broad Early Bro…
Created on: Thursday 9th September 2021
Last updated: Friday 12th November 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wacton', grid reference and parish protected.

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: LANCUM-E2A68E
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete fragment of a copper-alloy cast flat axehead of Bronze Age date. Only approximately a quarter of the head remains, and it is undecorated. It has an even green patina, and some pitting Dimensions: It is 67.47mm in width. At the blade tip it is 60.60 in length and 42.52 at the narrowest point. It is 8.98mm in thickness and reduces to 2.96mm at the blade. It weighs 150.15g.
Created on: Thursday 19th August 2021
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Wiswell', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-CCB4F2
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy developed flat axehead dating from the Early Bronze Age, c. 2000-1700BC. The axehead is part of the Aylesford metalworking assemblage and parallels can be found amongst Types Scrabo Hill and Bandon (Schmidt and Burgess 1981, nos 334-374). The axehead is in fair condition with one face showing a heavily pitted the surface whilst the other face remains in better condition. It has almost parallel sides with a very slight stop-ridge (hence 'developed' flat axe) across the centre of the body. Below the slight stop ridge is a 'rain pattern' of incised lines which is much m…
Created on: Friday 18th June 2021
Last updated: Monday 11th October 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Wigton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-E28B29
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of an Early Bronze Age developed flat axe of Needham’s Class 4 but of uncertain sub-type, probably dating to the later part of Needham’s (1996) Period 3 (c. 1900 – 1600 BC). The surviving portion comprises a 40.6mm long section of the blade end. The fragment is flat in profile, with the tapering ends of parallel flanged ridges along each side. The blade appears to be facetted into the cutting edge. The break at the rear end is patinated and ancient.
Created on: Wednesday 26th May 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 26th May 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-6A8512
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Bronze Age Migdale flat axehead, dating to 2200 - 1900 BC. The flat axe is broadly sub rectangular in plan with a narrow butt evenly expanding sides that extend to a splayed crescent shaped blade. In cross section the axe is rectangular shaped with both sides being relatively flat and sides having a rounded curve. The butt of the axe has a horizontal top edge and the corners are rounded. The sides of the axe gently expand evenly in width to a point just above the cutting edge where they become distinctly out-turned / splayed. The axe is a mid-green colour with a large…
Created on: Monday 26th April 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
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Record ID: DEV-4418E9
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy flat axehead of Needham Class 4, dating to the Early Bronze Age period, c. 1900-1700 BC. The axehead is lenticular in profile, with slightly flattened edges, and a broadly flaring cutting edge. It is comparatively small with a markedly slender butt, which nonetheless thickens at the septum. This is possibly a proto-stop ridge, as there is a particular horizontal thickening in this area. Both faces show signs of pitting, with some circular areas a deeper green than the consistently dark green surface elsewhere. There is a shallow U-shaped depression in the cutting …
Created on: Wednesday 31st March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 7th April 2021
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Record ID: DEV-9FEB4C
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of an axehead, possibly a flat axehead, dating from the Early to Middle Bronze Age, c. 2200-1500 BC. The rectangular fragment comprises the blade of the axehead, which is fairly straight and flattened and does not flare broadly from the main body. The break occurred in antiquity, with the break appearing irregular and weathered in conjunction with the rest of the fragment. The surface is now a mid green in colour but with patches of darker brown where the surface patina has been damaged. The fragmentary condition makes firm identification difficult, but the cons…
Created on: Thursday 11th March 2021
Last updated: Thursday 11th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Crediton Hamlets', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-C256C0
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age fragmentary bronze flat axe of uncertain type perhaps contemporary with Type Migdale axes as defined by Schmidt & Burgess (1981, p 35-44)[1], of Metalworking Assemblage III, corresponding to Needham’s (1996)[2] Period 2 -3 and probably dating to c. 2,200 – 1,900BC. The axe comprises a worn blade fragment (with a surviving length of 39.7mm and a weight of 63.6g). The break has occurs in antiquity across the thickest surviving part of the axe (where the axe has a width of 27mm and a thickness of 7.3mm). The sides are worn and corroded but appear to have been s…
Created on: Thursday 4th February 2021
Last updated: Thursday 4th February 2021
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Record ID: WMID-95A09D
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy (bronze) flat axe of Early Bronze Age dating (c. 2350 BC to c. 2050 BC). The flat axe is broadly sub rectangular in shape with an incomplete rounded shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with tapering edges. The butt is relatively thin having a narrow rounded profile; the width at the butt is 8.8 mm (thickness: 2.5 mm). The sides of the axe gently expand in width from the butt to the blade; in shape they are relatively straight. The axe is thickest at the mid point (5.6 mm), with no sign of a proto stop ridge. The side…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd February 2021
Last updated: Saturday 16th March 2024
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Record ID: NMGW-1A8A24
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Newport
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age bronze butt fragment from an axe of uncertain type but of Flat or Developed Axe form The axe is represented by a butt fragment only, broken at one end in antiquity (with a surviving length of 28.1mm and a weight of 23.1g). The butt end is rounded at the corners and is moderately straight (with a width of 25mm and a thickness of 2.7mm). The sides are straight and divergent for their short lengths to the break (where the axe has a width of 30.5mm and a thickness of 6.0mm).  The axe butt has a sub-rectangular body section, thickest at the centre and with no suggest…
Created on: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-012BC2
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age bronze Developed Flat axe probably of Needham’s Class 4 axes and of uncertain sub-type, possibly an axe-chisel and probably of metalworking Stage IV; dated to c. 2050 – 1700BC The flat axe is incomplete with considerable peripheral damage surface loss and likely truncation at the butt (with a surviving length of 89.7mm and weight of 121.98g). Although damaged the axe appears to have a lozengic long-profile. The original butt does not survive (but with a surviving width of 15mm). The better preserved side is unusually straight for its preserved length (of 43m…
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-ED5968
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age bronze flat axe probably of Needham’s Class 3 axes but of uncertain subtype The axehead is incomplete, missing the butt end and with some truncation to the blade tips and edge (with a surviving length of 93.6mm and a weight of 199.2g). The axe is rectangular-sectioned (with a width and thickness at the break of 28mm x 10.0mm), with no suggestion of hammered flanges or developed edge features on the intact areas of the edges. The sides are straight and divergent before expanding more sharply to the blade tips, now damaged and truncated (with a surviving width of…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-5942EB
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age developed flat axe of Needham’s Class 4 but of uncertain sub-type, probably dating to Willerby assemblage (Metalworking Assemblage V), the later part of Needham’s (1996)[1] Period 3 to c. 1900 – 1600BC The axehead is near-complete but has lost all of its surface, except at the blade edge and is a comparatively small axe (with a length of 80.5mm and a weight of 101.8g). The axe is likely to have had a lozengic long profile but the surface loss has eradicated any median bevel. The butt (with a width of 18mm and a thickness of 1.7mm) is straight and angled to …
Created on: Monday 18th January 2021
Last updated: Monday 18th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-084887
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age bronze flat axe, probably of Needham’s Class 4 and probably relating to axes of later Class 3 or earlier Class 4. The axehead is complete with a broadly lenticular profile but with subtle bevels and is comparatively small (with a length of 91.2mm and a weight of 152.4g). The thin butt has a gentle curve (with a width of 19.5mm and a thickness of 2.0mm). One side is near-straight, slightly convex and diverging gently towards the bade (with a width at the top of the blade of 29.5mm), before diverging sharply to the recurved blade edge (with a blade width of 44.0…
Created on: Thursday 14th January 2021
Last updated: Thursday 14th January 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-C2EEE6
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age bronze butt fragment from an axe of uncertain type but of Flat or Developed Axe form The axe is represented by a butt fragment only, broken at one end in antiquity (with a surviving length of 50.2mm and a weight of 51.0g). The butt end is evenly rounded (with a width of 20mm and a thickness of 0.9mm). The sides are straight and divergent for their lengths to the break (where the axe has a width of 28.0mm and a thickness of 8.6mm).  The axe butt has a near-rectangular body section, with one face flatter across its width than the other. There is no suggestion of f…
Created on: Monday 11th January 2021
Last updated: Friday 9th December 2022
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Record ID: NMGW-457F5C
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age bronze flat axe of uncertain type, probably an axe-blank perhaps related to Type Migdale, c. 2,100 -1900BC The cast flat axe is incomplete somewhat truncated and with considerable peripheral damage (with a maximum surviving length of 141.3mm and a weight of 356.0g) and has no developed features, comprising a sub-triangular bronze slab. The damaged butt is narrow and arched (with a width of 20mm and a thickness of 5.2mm). The sides are somewhat damaged but appear to be near-straight and divergent or gently concave, before widening more sharply near the blade (with…
Created on: Tuesday 5th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 5th January 2021
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Record ID: LANCUM-0B0E4D
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast copper alloy flat axe dating from the Early Bronze Age that is c. 2500-2400BC. It is 30mm wide at the butt and flares gently to 60mm at the crescentic cutting edge. It is undecorated with a smooth obverse and reverse; there is no sign of side flanges or a stop ridge. Broad, square butt and deep cutting edge. Needham's Class 2A, Type Burley Camp (Needham 2017, 46). Needham, S. 2017. The Classification of Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Copper and Bronze Axe-heads from Southern Britain. Oxford: Access ARchaeology. Length 110 mm, width 60mm, thickness 10mm, and weig…
Created on: Wednesday 9th December 2020
Last updated: Friday 26th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Carnforth', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-8D7466
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possibly incomplete copper alloy flat axehead of Migdale type dating to the Early Bronze Age, c. 2200-2000 BC. The axehead has a slightly truncated butt, which may be due to a break or simply its individual form. It remains fairly narrow and rectilinear in shape before flaring to the blade. It is rectangular in cross section, although the blade narrows to its original cutting surface. It appears undecorated but the surface is pitted and marked across the dark green shiny patina. It is similar to DEV-0CAAEF, although slightly shorter in the butt. It is characteristic of s…
Created on: Thursday 3rd December 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 16th December 2020
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Record ID: NARC-685D46
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper alloy Flat Axe of Early Bronze Age dating (2350-2050 BC). The object is sub rectangular in shape with a splayed crescent shaped blade. In profile it is broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges. The butt is narrowed and rounded in profile. The sides of the axe gently expand in width from the butt to the blade; in shape they are gently curved. There are no traces of a stop ridge present. The sides of the blade expand to produce a crescentic blade edge. The tips of the crescent shaped blade are abraded as is the blade edge itself. Length: 67.26mm, W…
Created on: Thursday 19th November 2020
Last updated: Friday 24th September 2021
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Record ID: NMGW-3B328A
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A badly corroded copper or copper alloy flat axe of Early Bronze Age date (c. 2350 BC to 1601 BC). It is broadly sub trapezoid in plan, although the axe has lost too much of its original shape to confidently assign it to a type using Schmidt and Burgess (1981). No. 270, pg. 50, Plate 22 has a generally similar shape apart from its smaller, flatter butt. The axe itself has a fairly narrow and rounded butt (36.5mm wide) and appears to have relatively straight sides although one is slightly convex- again it is difficult to tell the original side shape due to the heavy corrosion. The cutt…
Created on: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 8th December 2020
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Record ID: GAT-D311DB
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Anglesey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy flanged flat axehead. The axehead has a rounded arched butt, which bears evidence of slight truncation. Slightly diverging sides expand to a broad crescentic blade and cutting edge, with the blade tips at right angles to the sides with a slight recurve. The axe has shallow hammered flanges which extend along the sides, rising gradually from the butt towards the middle of the axe before sloping down to the blade expansion. The find likely dates to the later early Bronze Age (c.2500 – 1450 BC). Measurements: Length: 119.5mm Width: 14.…
Created on: Thursday 12th November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 26th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Llanfaethlu', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-BB6CC4
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Bronze Age axehead, of flat type, dating from the Early Bronze Age (c. 2200-1700 BC). The axehead is 94.3mm in length and flares into a curved and splayed cutting edge 42.5mm wide which has some areas of recent damage. The axe has a rectangular cross section and a slightly lenticular side profile. There is no surface decoration.
Created on: Tuesday 18th August 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 18th August 2020
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Record ID: NMGW-48018B
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Carmarthenshire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age copper flat axehead, c. 2400 – 2200BC The cast flat axe is fragmentary, represented by a butt fragment (with a surviving length of 63.4mm and a weight of 160.6g) and would have been from a large axe. The butt is wide and straight (with a width of 50.3mm and a thickness of 4mm). The sides of the axe were near-straight as far as the break and are gradually divergent (with a maximum width at the break of 58.7mm where the axe has a maximum thickness of 8.8mm). The sides are slightly rounded across their depths, producing a sub-rectangular body section. The axe face…
Created on: Thursday 25th June 2020
Last updated: Monday 22nd March 2021
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Record ID: DEV-B86EBD
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy flat axehead dating to the Early Bronze Age, c. 2050 to 1700 BC. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a flaring cutting edge and narrowed shaft which shows signs of a shallow channelling at its centre. It is flattened oval in cross section lengthways, and pointed oval in cross section widthways. There is damage to part of the cutting edge, with one of the corners of the blade now rounded due to a missing area.The green patinised surface is pitted and damaged, with only small areas of the original smooth surface remaining. Miniature flat axes such as thi…
Created on: Saturday 6th June 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colyton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-7DBE79
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Bronze Age cast copper-alloy flat axehead, dating to 2350-1600 BC.  The axehead is convex on both the front and reverse, creating a pointed oval profile.  In cross-section, the cutting edge and butt are also pointed oval, whilst the body is rectangular.  The axe is narrowest at the butt and gradually expands into the body before widening abruptly to meet the cutting edge, which is curved with splayed outer sides.  Overall, it has a yellowy-brown patina with green mottling and patches of dark red-brown.  The axe has ext…
Created on: Friday 22nd May 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 7th September 2022
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Record ID: DEV-0CAAEF
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy flat axehead of Migdale type, dating to the Early Bronze Age, c. 2200-2000 BC. The axehead has a long slender butt, tapering gently to the flared blade. It is rectangular in cross section, although the blade narrows to its original cutting surface. It appears undecorated but the surface is pitted and marked across the dark green shiny patina. There is a small area on one side near the blade which has decayed in a different manner, and is now a far brighter green and much more corroded, although there are no signs of bronze disease or ongoing decay. It is simi…
Created on: Thursday 23rd April 2020
Last updated: Friday 24th April 2020
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Record ID: CORN-68C636
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete cast copper alloy flat axehead dating from the Migdale tradition of the Early Bronze Age, c.2200-2000 BC. The sides of the axehead look slightly raised on both faces but that is because the original surface, which has turned dark brown in colour, has only survived around the edges making it look crisper, and also on the blade above the slightly expanded but worn and rounded cutting edge. The axehead is sub-trapezoidal in plan, triangular in profile, tapering towards the cutting edge, and rectangular in section at the butt end. The blade narrows towards the damaged butt end,…
Created on: Monday 9th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 11th March 2020
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Record ID: DENO-632F75
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, cast, copper alloy flat axehead, dating to the Bronze age (c. 2200 - 1900 BC). The flat axe is broadly sub rectangular in plan with a splayed crescent shaped blade, showing damage. In profile the axe broadly lentoid, with slight tapering edges; in cross section the axe is D shaped. The butt is relatively thin having a narrow sub-rounded profile. The sides of the axe gently expand in width from the butt to the blade; in shape they are relatively flat. All surfaces are covered in a green patination, little of original surface visible. Length 141.2mm, width 81.5mm at cutting …
Created on: Monday 9th March 2020
Last updated: Thursday 16th September 2021
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Record ID: LIN-65381C
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
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, narrowing towards the butt creating a typical lentoid shape. The parallel sides are relatively straight, expanding towards a curved shaped blade that has a width of 30.28 mm. The rounded blade is slightly damaged along one side. Both faces of the object are heavily abraded and pitted with a light brown patina with patches of bright green. The edges are rough and have a green patina. The axehead probably fits into the earliest phases of meta…
Created on: Wednesday 26th February 2020
Last updated: Thursday 11th June 2020
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Record ID: SOM-E755CE
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete cast copper alloy possibly Copper Age (Chalcolithic) flat axehead (c.2400 to 2200 BC). The axehead is sub-trapezoid in plan and flattened oval in cross section across the axe and pointed oval on cross section longitudinally. It is extremely worn with the original surface almost completely lost and is likely to have originally been slightly wider and thicker. The evenly rounded ends suggest is probably otherwise almost complete with perhaps some damage at the butt. The parallel sides are relatively straight, expanding towards a convex curved blade that has a wid…
Created on: Thursday 20th February 2020
Last updated: Saturday 14th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingston St Mary', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-D50E56
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper-alloy flat axehead of early Bronze Age date, c.2150 - 1500 BC. The axehead is sub-trapezoidal with a lenticular long profile, thickest at the middle. The haft end terminates in a flat topped butt which is broken and worn. The sides of the axe expand gradually to the wide crescentic blade end with beveled cutting edge. The axehead is undecorated. The metal has a mid-orange/brown patina and is worn. The object is 100.3mm long, 54mm to 19.2mm wide, 11.9mm thick and weighs 154g.
Created on: Wednesday 19th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 26th March 2021
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Record ID: WREX-6CBF9C
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Flintshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An undecorated flat axe of Early Bronze Age date (c. 2200-19000BC).  The Axe is probably a Migdale type flat axe.  These are dated the Early Bronze Age (EBA phase II/III), of metalworking stage IV-VI, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 2-3 c.2250-1900calBC. The flat axe is broadly sub triangular in plan with a narrow butt with side expanding to a splayed crescent shaped blade. Length: 116.9mm; width: 74.3mm; thickness: 7.5mm tapering to 5.9mm; weight; 284g
Created on: Friday 14th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halkyn', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B44DAD
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age Unclassified Developed flat axe with the beginning of a stop ridge, but not developed stop ridge, Aylesford Metalwork Assemblage (Schmidt and Burgess 1981, nos. 381-394). The thickest point (8mm) is a flat ridge 43mm from the butt. The axe is 15mm wide at this point. There are slight flanges 0.3mm at the highest. The axehead's sides are undecorated but the main faces are decorated with a series of diagonal lines, most approximately 4mm long, that intersect to form chevrons and broken horizontal bands of zigzags below the ridge and towards the cutting edge. Between …
Created on: Wednesday 5th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 2nd December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Barnoldswick', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B42FEC
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Oldham
Workflow stage: Published
Early Bronze Age copper alloy plain developed flat axe of Type Swinton or Bandon Aylesford Metalwork Assemblage (). The body width is 24mm and flares to 41mm at the blade. Maximum height of flanges is 2mm, the transverse ridge is 40mm from the butt and less than 1mm high. Dates from c1900 to c1700 BC. Length 97mm, width 41mm, thickness 12mm, and weight 118.1g.
Created on: Wednesday 5th February 2020
Last updated: Friday 26th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Oldham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-0328FD
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete copper alloy flat axehead, probably dating from the Early Bronze Age period (c. BC 2350 - c. BC 2050).  The axe is broadly rectangular in plan with a slightly splayed crescentric blade. In profile and in section the object is broadly lentoid. The sides of the axe gently taper outwards with a shallow curve, from the rounded butt to the blade. The curve is less shallow towards the blade. The axehead has suffered significant loss from corrosion on all surfaces, particularly at the blade and the butt. The axehead measures 67.4 mm in length, the butt is 18.1 mm wide and the …
Created on: Tuesday 28th January 2020
Last updated: Saturday 16th March 2024
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