Object: Hammer-Flanged Flat Axe
Classification: Flanged
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Herts County Museum,St. Albans,lent by Capt. J. H. Ball, RAF,11
Site: Ireland,Limerick,Glenaquin
Parish: Glenaquin
County: County Limerick
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 139
Width (mm): butt 23
Edge (mm): 58
Thickness (mm): 9.5; 7; 8 3/4; 6.5
Weight (g): 262.23
Patina: No patina
Surface: One side is smooth, but very slightly pitted. The other side is pocked.
Description: Very slightly flanged. Indications of slanting hammering on the sides. Dark + golden bronze colour. Butt is thin.