Object: Flanged Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Winchester City Museum,110,Given by Mr. S. Simpson
Site: England,Hampshire,Shedfield,Sandpit by Black Horse Lane,1942
Discovery context: gravel extraction
Parish: Shedfield
District: Winchester
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1942
Length (mm): 98
Width (mm): 22
Edge (mm): 43
Thickness (mm): 13
Weight (g): 156
Patina: Generally dark green, but with some patches of light brown.
Surface: Smooth, but with pitting here and there.
Other: Length: 3 7/8" =98.425mm,Width: 1 11/16" = 42.8625mm at the spread of the blade; 7/8" = 22.225mm half way down the butt.,Thickness: 1/2" = 12.7mm,Weight: 5 1/2 oz. = 155.922 gms
Description: Cast flanges. Rudimentary stop-ridge.
Remarks: F.V. Lyall,Display,see new index