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Description: | Middle Bronze Age cast bronze un-looped palstave axe. It is a shield-pattern palstave from the ActonPark phase metalwork. The axe is incomplete with some of the flanges, butt end and blade missing. The blade flares outwards towards the cutting edge. The stop ridge is slightly damaged. A casting ridge can be seen down both sides of the object. The thickness of the blade tip is 8.62mm. The object measures 140.2mm in length and 35mm in width. The object has a dusty mid-brown patina and is corroded. Similar examples from Cheshire which can be found on the database are LVPL-84EBD1 and LVPL-E6DEB4.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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