Object: Flanged Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Salisbury Museum, 33/53
Site: England,Wiltshire,Amesbury,Stonehenge,1/4 mile east of Stonehenge.,Found while digging a trench for a water supply, in low ground, in Nov. 1952, by Mr. E. Noyce, Green Barrows, Stonehenge
Discovery context: drain cutting, barrow
Parish: Amesbury
County: Wiltshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1952
Length (mm): 109
Width (mm): 16
Patina: Greenish black, thick smooth patina.
Description: Flanged bronze celt, decorated with chevrons on both faces, and hammered diagonal impression on the sides.
Publications: Antiquity 109 (1954), pl.,WAM LV, (1953) 30,Mus. Report (1953) Pl.