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Description: | Iron or SteelAxe fragment. Forged head from an axe or hatchet with a straight upper edge, possibly with cheeks (now lost) on either side of the haft; the axehead has broken here, with the loss of the rest of the hafting hole. The form indicates this to be a carpenter's axe, and it resembles Type 2 as defined by the London Museum Medieval Catalogue (Ward Perkins 1940, fig. 11). One side of an oval-ended socket remains; it is here 19mm wide. Viewed from above, the axe head is of V profile tapering towards a very severely blunted blade. The form is dissimilar to that of the majority of early medieval and medieval axes and adzes used for tree felling or carpentry. The good condition of the ferrous metal should possibly argue a relatively recent date. Suggested date: Post-Medieval to Modern, 1700-1900.Length: 91mm, Height: 67mm, Thickness (at haft): 35mm, Weight: circa 460gms.
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