Object: Flanged Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, WG 1551
Site: Ireland,Co. Down,Gilford
Parish: Gilford
County: County Monaghan
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 125.5
Width (mm): middle 28, butt 25
Edge (mm): 67
Thickness (mm): 14, 25
Weight (g): 379.38
Patina: No patina
Surface: Dull bronze
Description: No stop ridge. Slight groove above centre, on septum. A raised curved bar (at end of wings) with a faint groove beneath it.