Object: Hammer-Flanged Flat Axe
Classification: Flanged
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Dorchester Museum,309,purchased by Exors of Rev. W. Cornish, June 1917,1892.30.1
Site: England, dorset,winterbourne steepleton,on the glebe farm,during the incumbancy of rev. w. cornish
Discovery context: farm
Parish: Winterbourne Steepleton
County: Dorset
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 167
Width (mm): 35
Edge (mm): 102
Thickness (mm): 9
Weight (g): 425
Patina: Peacock green. One face stained grey and reddish brown.
Other: Width: edge 102mm; middle 39mm; butt 35mm,Thickness: 9mm; 11mm,Weight: 425.25 gms
Description: Slight flanges. Traces of stop ridge. Sides faceted. Faces tooled. Slight dent in butt, deep scratches on one face.