Object: Flat Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Sotheby's Sale, 19.11.24,599,Collection of W. J. Knowles, MRIA of Flixton Place, Ballymena
Site: Ireland,Antrim,Cushendall,Durrock (near),in a bog,label: found in a bog near Durrock, Cushendall + given to J. Turnby Esq. 7 Decem. 1871
Discovery context: bog,auction
Parish: Cushendall
County: County Antrim
Country: Ireland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 170
Width (mm): middle 38.5; butt 24
Edge (mm): 80
Thickness (mm): 10; 10.5
Patina: Remains of patina darkish green. Scratch running right along. Golden bronze shows.
Surface: Cleaned, pocked.
Description: This is almost like a flat celt, so slight is the flange. A very slight thickening, but scarcely a stop. Tapering butt to a thin edge.