Object: flanged Axe
Classification: Haft
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: BLACK GATE MUSEUM, 1958-4, NEWCASTLE upon TYNE, given to the Museum by Mr. R. J. Allen, Heatherlea, Lindisfarne Rd. N/c upon Tyne 2.
Site: (almost certainly from)- CUMBERLAND, Alston district, No record; found among the effects of the donor's father, a native of and resident in, Alston, associated with a stone axe hammer labeled 'From Alston".
County: Cumbria
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 16.5
Width (mm): 5.7
Edge (mm): 3.8
Patina: Irregular, green and brown, some oxy-chloride present, surface filed here & there in modern times
Surface: Bad, parts covered with small blow holes and pitting.
Composition: Broken as shown; the cross-hatched blow holes are c. 1.27(left) and c. .63 (right) deep, the other c. [...] or less
Other: Under "Composition" the symbol [....] represents 1/8" - I was unable to get a conversion for this measurement.
Associations: no record
Publications: Unpublished
Remarks: W. Bulmas. Hon. Curator B.G. Mus., Obviously a rejected casting; probably intended for re-melting, N/C upon Tyne.