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Description: | Wrought iron axe head, probably for a carpenter's axe, with a curving cutting edge to a narrow tapering blade with a straight top and concave lower edge. The socket was wrapped around the haft (lost); about half of the socket remains, the rest having been lost in antiquity. It engaged a haft of apparently oval section of length 38mm and width circa 30mm. The axe bears comparison with tools from Flixborough, where they were associated with high status Middle Saxon occupation. The ratio of blade width to length approaches 2:1, which is common for Anglo-Saxon tools, though it must be acknowledged that iron hand tools have changed little in their form since the Roman period. This object might be used for tree felling or the radial splitting of timbers, as for the making of planks.A comparable axe has recently been reported from this vicinity by the same finder.Suggested date: Early Medieval, 700-1000.Length: 165mm, Width (blade): 56mm, Thickness (blade): 27mm, Weight: circa 500gms.
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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