File:Iron axehead (FindID 78325).jpg

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Iron axehead
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Anna Marshall, 2004-10-18 12:36:48
Title
Iron axehead
Description
English: Iron wood cutters axe head. This type of axe would have had many uses ranging from boat building to house building; the style has changed little since the Roman period and therefore these axes can be difficult to date. The axe has a wedge shaped section and a sub-triangular blade; the upper edge of the blade is inclined upwards and is slightly curved and the lower edge is angled downwards and is slightly convex. The socket of the axe head is an elongated triangle shape. This example is similar in shape to a number of examples in the London Museum Medieval Catalogue, Fig.11, Type IVb and Fig. 13, No. 6 which are dated to between the 13th –16th century. This example is smaller in size than the medieval examples and is in good condition for an Iron artefact. It therefore probably dates to the post medieval period when this style continued in use. The axe head weighs 163.6g and measures 95.2mm in length, 54.3mm in width (from the top to the bottom of the blade) and 22.7mm in thickness.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date between 1500 and 1700
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1700-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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FindID: 78325
Old ref: SWYOR-3ACA76
Filename: axehead2.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/40181
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/40181/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/78325
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