Object: Flat Axe Hammer
Classification: Flanged
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Mr. J.P. Morris,, Clunbury Hall, Aston-on-Clune, Shropshire, Drawn Feb. 1928, L.F. Chitty
Site: England, shropshire, slo., clunbury, found by a workman while cultivating the late mr. grant's garden in 1928 at a depth of 16-18 ins. in subsoil. the ground is 4-5 ft above the level of the surrounding valley land. i am trying to get exact site & name of home. lfc
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1928
Length (mm): 169
Width (mm): (butt) 25, centre 38.5
Edge (mm): (edge, blunted angles) 78
Thickness (mm): centre 12
Weight (g): 489.029
Patina: Glossy green with brown stains broken down to core, blue-green on one face, purple-brown on reverse, with gold metal showing showing on edges.
Surface: Badly damaged, largely through attempt to clean it.
Composition: Bronze.  Butt semicircular, thin - sides very slightly beaten up.  Faces rise to slight ridge above centre. Ornamented with radiating punched lines down faces, worn.  Edge almost straight, blunt, re-ground; angles battered recently.
Other: Information about L.F. Chitty who completed the card, including the drawing at:  http://www.search.secretshropshire.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?theme=&originator=%2Fengine%2Ftheme%2Fdefault.asp&page=2&records=9610&direction=2&pointer=15346&text=1&resource=15123
Associations: Closely related to specimen from Titterstone Clee, Shropshire which has similar ornament
Publications: Shrops. Arch. Trans. (to be written up) Note in Shrewsbury Chronicle, 2nd March, 1928