Object: Adze
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,E.N. Witchell Esq., Strand, Glos.
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 189.5
Width (mm): edge 59,butt 21; 36
Thickness (mm): blade 6.5; 8.5,near the edge 8,butt end 10
Weight (g): 425.25
Patina: encristed patina of rough green, which practically covers the specimen.
Surface: rough. Dark red copperish metal shows in places, & traces of light earth.
Description: The butt is flat & thick. The sides from butt to edge are rounded off, but get flatter towards the edge. Edge is bevelled & sharpened on one side only.