Object: Flanged Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: A Spencer Esq.,'Grendon',127 Starling Road,Bury, Lancs.,Hon. Curator, Radcliffe Local History Museum
Site: England,Lancashire,Radcliffe,nr. Manchester
Parish: Radcliffe
County: Lancashire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Weight (g): 181
Patina: Dark brown
Surface: Good
Composition: Bronze
Associations: ? Found with stone axe and flint flake knife with ground edge in [Grannig?]-type B.A. habitation site at Radcliffe, near Manchester.
Description: Hammer flanged with signs of hammering on sides. 5 (or 6!) raised dots on one face - perhaps casting flaws. There is a 'pucker' on the edge of the butt, as if two thin plates have been pressed together.
Publications: "MAnchester Guardian", 24th May 1950, with photos.