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flanged axe
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2012-03-08 14:19:40
Title
flanged axe
Description
English: Bronze Age Arreton Down type flanged axe, from the Aylesford and Arreton periods, c. 1700-1500 BC.

The handle is rectangular and only expand to meet the blade three quarters down its length. The side flanges are low and are at their highest in the central point of the handle. The blade is semi-circular and at its widest point measures 87mm wide. The blade is narrowed and has a thin cutting edge all along the blade edge. The butt of the axe is semicircular.

The first half of the handle, behind the blade, has been decorated with a series of engraved lines. These consist of six horizontal bands each containing a zigzagged line, flanked either end by four bands containing alternating zigzagged or hatched decoration.

A parallel was found at Westbury on Tyrm which displays similar markings

Langmaid N G, 1976, Bronze Age Metalwork in England and Wales, Shire Publications Ltd
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Somerset
Date between 1700 BC and 1500 BC
Accession number
FindID: 492992
Old ref: GLO-8B8AC6
Filename: P1050759.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/373259
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/373259/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/492992
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Object location51° 21′ 59.4″ N, 2° 44′ 39.37″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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