Object: Wing-flanged Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Preston Museum, A 134,Found by T. Watson and J. Lawrencon who gave it to the museum.
Site: England,Lancashire,Pilling,Cumming Carr,Found c. 1942 when grubbing up tree roots on Cumming Car Farm
Discovery context: farm
Parish: Pilling
County: Lancashire
Country: England
Grid reference: SD 428466
Year of discovery: 1942
Length (mm): 162
Edge (mm): 57
Thickness (mm): 12
Weight (g): 400
Patina: None: removed by cleaning.
Surface: Pitted with corrosion-spots.
Other: Length: 6 3/8" =161.925mm,Width: 2 1/4" blade = 57.15mm,Thickness: 15/32" = 11.91 mm,Weight: 14 1/8 oz. = 400.437 gms
Associations: Found near the bottom of the peat or possibly just beneath it.
Description: Very slight stop-ridge, wings faceted.
Remarks: B.F. Taylor