Object: Flanged Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Newark-on-Trent Municipal Museum,Accession no 797-1,Presented to Museum by Mr. W. Thompson at unknown date before 1917 when it appears in the first printed catalogue, but after 1912 when Museum opened.
Site: England,Nottinghamshire,Retford,Daneshill,No details of find spot known - see under collection for particulars of date.
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Retford
County: Nottinghamshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 102
Edge (mm): 48
Thickness (mm): 37
Weight (g): 198
Patina: A smooth green patina, somewhat pitted.
Surface: Pitted surface.
Other: Length: 4" = 101.6mm,Width: 1 7/8" at cutting edge = 47.625mm,Thickness: 7/16" = 36.5125mm,Weight: 7 oz = 198.447gms
Associations: Unassociated Find.
Description: Flanged axe head, straight sided and slightly inclined towards the heel, which is damaged. Blade expanding to crescent shaped, bevelled cutting edge. Sides slightly facetted, and only slightly broader than the thickness of the axe. Very slight bevel-ridge across each face.  One point of the blade damaged.
Publications: Unpublished
Remarks: Compiled Sept. 1957, F. Waters