Object: Hammer-flanged Flat Axe
Classification: Flanged
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh,Reg. No. 1890.500
Site: scotland or ireland
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 117
Width (mm): 62, centre 33,butt 38
Thickness (mm): 13
Weight (g): 382
Patina: Bronze colour, dark in places.
Surface: in fair condition
Description: Celt, bronze, faces tapering both ways from a low transverse ridge; straight sides, lunette edge, butt slightly "upset" by hammering.