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Description: | A complete, but encrusted and corroded, iron axe head of Roman or Anglo-Saxon date. It has a curved and flaring blade. The axe expands to the poll end, which curves downwards, is flat and rectangular in form. The eye through which the axe would have originally have been hafted is oval and partly filled with iron corrosion that might be covering mineralised wood. All surfaces of the axe show signs of extensive corrosive iron products and encrustation, but the axe appears complete. It measures 146mm in length, 67mm in width at poll end, 28mm in height at poll end, and 68mm in height at blade end.This axe finds parallels in Manning's Type 4 axes (Manning, 1985: pp. 15-16, Fig. 3.4, pl. 7 nos. B5-B6) that he considers as the "Roman axe par excellence". These typically have backward sweeping blades, oval eyes and may occur with or without lugs, as on the current example. Manning also notes the similarities with later Saxon Francisca axes, which probably derive from Roman examples, hinting at a possible later date for the current example. Both Roman and early Anglo-Saxon artefacts have been found on the field from which this example derives.See also PAS reference no's SF-1D7E43 and WMID-B6FD25.
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