Object: Flanged Axe
Classification: Cast
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Willis Museum, Basingstoke
Site: England,Hampshire,Upton Grey Parish,Bidden Water,Found 1905-6 in marshy ground but later thrown back in.
Discovery context: marshland
Parish: Upton Grey
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Grid reference: O.S. 6" sheet XIX, SE
Year of discovery: 1905
Length (mm): 142
Edge (mm): 93
Other: Repeat card.,Length: 5.6 ins = 142.24mm,Width: 3.65 ins. (max) tip to tip of blade = 92.71mm
Description: Cast gives no clue to method used in forming the flanges, nor does it appear to have been decorated: definitely no stop ridge present.
Remarks: Margaret C. Macfarlane, Assistant Curator.