Object: Winged axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Norris, Mr. N.E.S. - Private (W.B. No. 3),"Wayside", 20 Withdean Rd., Brighton
Site: England,Sussex,Hove,West Blatchington,Henfield Way
Parish: West Blatchington
County: East Sussex
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 276 070
Year of discovery: 1948
Length (mm): 112
Width (mm): 34
Surface: Very dark brown patina largely intact; few pocks - light green; coppery brown towards edge. Two wings and butt broken off in antiquity; edge irregular - blunt coated in wax?
Associations: Hoard
Description: Blade tip hollows; rounded "V" septum/blade junctions; edge-bevel not particularly well defined.
Publications: Norris A Burstow, 1950, 9-11, fig. 2
Remarks: SN Nov. 77,PI; AFI