Object: Flanged Axe
Classification: Bent,Haft-flanged Axe' in PPS 1959
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,1925,John Henry Roberts,Ash House, Prees, Shropshire,(Formerly of Preeswood Farm),drawn at his house by Lily F. Chitty, 26th July 1925
Site: England,Shropshire,Prees,Preeswood Farm (on "the Moors"),Approx. 6 ft. deep in running sand found whilst draining,1875 (about),3/4 ESE of Prees Church; 1/3 mile SW of Preeswood Farm,exact spot known and inserted on map 26.2.25
Discovery context: farm
Parish: Prees
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Grid reference: 6 inch O.S. Shropshire Sheet XV NW
Year of discovery: 1875
Length (mm): 167
Width (mm): 23
Edge (mm): 69
Thickness (mm): 25
Weight (g): 496
Patina: Green, with dull golden bronze showing.
Other: Width: edge 69mm; middle 37mm; butt 23mm,Thickness: 25mm; 27mm; 6mm; 12mm; 15mm,Weight: 496.12 gms
Description: One corner of edge is blunted by recent fall.  Decorated below stop with punched lines which surround a slightly raised shield. On the sides are incised lines and punched dots. Excellent condition.  Where found this specimen was a mass of corroded metal, nearly a foot long. Mr. Roberts cleaned this off gradually with soda and water.
Remarks: Section below stop. In the original this was shown nearer to stop. This has been redrawn showing section nearer to butt end. This account for difference in thickness of septum at same spot on longitudinal section.,Cf. Middlesex Sion Reach (Isleworth) and Irish.