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Description: | A worn cast iron axehead dating to the medieval period or slightly later. Triangular in form it is a Ward Perkins (1940; 1993, 55-59) Type II carpenter's axe. It features the characteristic tubular socket of sub-pentagonal section, and the indentation between the lower edge of the blade and the socket. The lower edge of the blade slopes down at a sharp angle of forty-five degrees while the upper blade edge curves upwards. The cutting edge has been abraded in its upper sections; it is 102.3mm in length. The remnant of the shaft survives within the socket in addition to a piece of iron, perhaps a cap. It is possible that the rear of the axehead could have been used for hammering. The artefact is pitted and corroded but has nevertheless survived well. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1200
1550 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robert Webley | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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