Object: Hammer-Flanged Flat Axe
Classification: Flanged
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Winchester Museum,Dale Collection 42,Stolen from Winchester Museum before Jan. 1937,Not yet recovered (May 1939),Returned from Devizes Museum
Site: England, hampshire,sholing,found while digging clay for bricks,1897/8
Parish: Sholing
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1897
Length (mm): 134
Width (mm): 37
Edge (mm): 95
Thickness (mm): 11
Weight (g): 425
Patina: Apple green patina flaked off nearly all over, but where remaining showing incised decoration.
Surface: One face badly pitted.
Other: Width: edge 95mm; butt 37mm,Weight: 425.25 gms
Description: Slight sign of flanges near butt, deep groove across upper part. Butt and edge dented.
Publications: Proc. Soc. Ant. R. S. XVII 141; XXII 249,Proc. Hants Field Club (1898-1903) IV 78
Remarks: Found in Devizes Museum, June 1975.