Object: Flat Axe Hammer
Classification: Flanged
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Herts County Museum, St. Albans,lent by Capt. J. H. Ball, RAF,9
Site: Ireland,Co. Down,Newtownards
Parish: Newtownards
County: County Down
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 144
Width (mm): butt 27
Edge (mm): 78.5
Thickness (mm): 9; 8.5
Weight (g): 304.76
Patina: No patina
Surface: Smooth - dull golden bronze colour
Description: Sharp butt. Flanges are slight and have been reduced by filing. Originally this was probably pocked and pitted all over, but this does not show very much now - owing to filing.