Object: Flat Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 54.12-27.26,Bought by T. C. Croker with 2 others
Site: Ireland,Cork,Bandon,(said to have been found near)
Parish: Bandon
County: County Cork
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 220
Width (mm): butt 34
Edge (mm): 114
Thickness (mm): 11
Weight (g): 862.06
Patina: Dark green patina showing some gold on face: very fine blac green patina on left side.
Surface: Corroded at butt
Associations: Found with 2 others, one of which is Flanged Axe, BM No. 48.8-4.79
Description: Incised decoration on faces. Sides hammered into long thin lozenges. Edge points and butt chipped.
Publications: England in Planche's History of Costume, 1834, p. 252