Object: Flanged Axe
Classification: Bent,Haft-flanged Axe' in PPS 1959
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: York Museum
Site: England,Yorkshire E.R.,Gransmoor
Parish: Gransmoor
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 183
Width (mm): 26
Edge (mm): 89
Thickness (mm): 30
Weight (g): 581
Surface: Golden bronze on one side. Reverse corroded in small patches, mostly between flanges.
Other: Width: blade 89mm; middle 32mm; butt 26mm,Thickness: 30mm; 9mm; 3mm,Weight: 581.11 gms
Description: Good condition. Very sharp edge. Flanges filed or rubbed and no cast marks remain therefore.