Object: flanged Axe
Classification: Haft
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Rev. Rossendale Lloyd, Aston Hall, Oswestry, Shropshire,(Drawn 8.viii.27, LFC)
Site: England?,Shropshire?,Oswestry?,Aston?,There is no reason to doubt that this implement was found somewhere on the Aston Hall property. It has been there a very long time. The history is forgotten, but it is kept in a glass table case of small family treasures without label.
Parish: Oswestry
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 140
Width (mm): 23
Edge (mm): 57
Thickness (mm): 9
Weight (g): 354
Patina: Glossy olive-green patina preserved in septum and below ridge, but pitted and damaged.
Surface: Worn, powdery blue-green, stained with pale reddish earth; some purplish patches, and brown metal showing through.
Composition: Bronze (probably high percentage of Tin)
Other: Width: butt 23mm; ridge 28mm inside; shoulders 33.5mm; edge 57mm; Flange 25mm,Thickness: 9-10mm; Level with shoulders 16mm,Weight: 12 1/2 oz = 354.369 gms
Associations: Not known.Marks Severn-Der Valley south via Oswestry Hills.
Description: Butt fine edge, slightly bent. Ridge thin. Shoulders well marked. Edge blunt. No shield or ornament on faces.
Publications: To appex.: Shrops. Arch Trans.