Object: Wing-flanged Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,Miss Nicholson, Carleton House,Clifton, Penrith,1923
Site: England,Westmoreland,Milburn (about 6 miles north of Appleby),Lownthwaite (farm),(Westmoreland 6" map sheet V. - N.W)
Discovery context: farm
Parish: Milburn
County: Cumbria
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 140.5
Width (mm): edge 58.5,middle 26,butt 20.5
Thickness (mm): 35 wings,13 centre
Weight (g): 328.235,sp.gr. .7786
Surface: The colour is mainly a very dark brown black except in some corners where seemingly a little clay still adheres; the more exposed parts have been in places rubbed bright & show almost a golden colour. The only green patina is in the "wing" where the shaft has been.
Composition: Bronze
Description: Some file marks on blade.