Object: Wing-flanged Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Shrewsbury Museum,33(2),Presented by Earol of Powis
Site: Wales,Montgomeryshire (Powys),Welshpool,between Crother's Camp or Coppice and Pool Quay.,In a field called "The Camp","Guilsfield Hoard"
County: Powys
Country: Wales
Year of discovery: 1862
Length (mm): 110
Width (mm): 32
Edge (mm): 50
Thickness (mm): 33
Weight (g): 326
Patina: Brown with tinge of green.
Surface: Smooth. Worn in parts. Golden bronze shows at edges.
Other: Width: edge 50mm; middle 33mm; butt 32mm,Thickness: 33mm; 10mm; 18mm; 6mm,Weight: 326.02 gms
Associations: Part of Guilsfield Hoard
Description: Butt damaged and cracked. Crack terminates in a small hole. Cast marks down sides. Flanges beaten inwards forming small wings near stop ridge.
Publications: Proc. Soc. Ant. 1864 (Vol II, 2nd ser. pp. 249-251)
Remarks: This and No. 33(1) were not included in specimens exhibited to S of A by Saml. Wood Esq. FSA. at that time.