Object: Flanged Axe
Classification: Cast
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Willis Museum Basingstoke
Site: Hampshire,Upton Grey Parish,Bidden Water,Found 1905-6 in marshy ground but later thrown back in.
Parish: Upton Grey
County: England
Country: England
Grid reference: O.S. 6" sheed XIX, SE
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 142
Edge (mm): 93
Other: Length: 5.6 ins = 142.24mm,Width: 3.65 ins (max) tip to tip of blade) = 92.71mm
Description: Cast gives no clue to method used in forming the flanges, nor does it appear decorated: definitely no stop ridge present.
Remarks: Margaret C. Macfarlane, Assistant Curator