Object: Flanged Axe
Classification: Haft Flanged Axe in PPS 1959
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: City and County Museum, Lincoln,from the Collection of the Late Ed. Peacock, Esq, FSA, and presented by the family to the museum June 1915.,Ref. No. 297.15
Site: England,Lincolnshire,West Butterwick,?1840
Parish: West Butterwick
County: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1840
Length (mm): 162
Width (mm): 27
Edge (mm): 75
Thickness (mm): 29
Weight (g): 567
Patina: Reddu brown flakes over brassy green.
Other: Width: edge 75mm; butt 27mm; 30mm,Thickness: 29mm; 9.5mm
Description: Stop ridge is shallow and is beaten in and not cast.
Publications: A label on blade states: "West Butterwick Arc. 1840". Does this refer to Archaeologia for that year? NO.
Remarks: A paper label, stuck to the blade reads "West Butterwick, arc 1840", this is probably: "West Butterwick, circ. 1840"