Object: Wing-flanged Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Black Gate Museum, Newcastle-on-Tyne [1931-49],Howard Pease Collection
Site: England,Northumberland,Redeswater,Rochester (near),"Found Jan. 1886 by a drainer when opening out drains about 16" deep on grounds near a shepherd's cottage called Bramshaw, 3 miles east of Rochester, Redeswater."
Parish: Redeswater
County: Northumberland
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1886
Weight (g): 163
Surface: Dull bronze with dark brown peaty stains
Other: Weight: 15 3/4 oz = 163.01 gms
Publications: Proc. Soc. Ant. N/C, 4 V. 152-3, cf. 2.III.321