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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy socketed axehead of Late Bronze Age date. The axehead is wedge shaped with a square socket at the haft end with a circumferential raised mouth moulding. Internally the socket tapers and narrows from the mouth to the cutting edge. Externally the axehead expands gently along the body before expanding into the blade and cutting edge which has a slight flare towards each blade tip. To one side of the mouth just below the moulding a D-shape sectioned attachment loop is present and casting flashes remain on both sides including the loop. Both faces of the axehead are decorated with three long narrow ribs which terminate in raised pellets.Three small fragments of wood were present within the socket and may be remnants of the haft.The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The axehead is 122.9mm long, the mouth moulding has an external diameter of 45.6mm x 41.8mm, and is 66.1mm wide at the blade. The axehead weighs 378g.This axehead fits into the final phases of the Late Bronze Age specifically that associated with Ewart Park industrial phase, perhaps a variant of the Yorkshire three-ribbed type.
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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