Object: Flat Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Sheffield Museum,J.93.477,Bateman Collection
Site: England, derbyshire,newton grange,in moot low barrow, near dovedale,june 2, 1845
Discovery context: barrow
Parish: Newton Grange
County: Derbyshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1845
Length (mm): 128
Width (mm): 23
Edge (mm): 72
Thickness (mm): 10
Patina: Dark green patina.
Other: Width: butt 23mm; centre 31mm; edge 72mm,Thickness: centre 10mm
Associations: Found in a barrow with a contracted skeleton enclosed in a cist.
Publications: Bateman, T., Vestiges of the Antiquities of Derbyshire, 68.,Sheffield Museum Catalogue, p. 75, No. 18,Abercromby, J. Bronze Age Pottery, i. 57,Evans, J. Ancient Bronze Implements, 44,Geographical Journal (Aug + Sept, 1912) 308,D.A.J. LXXV (1955) p. 113.