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1884.119.104

Bronze axe

1884.119.104

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bronze axe
Long description
Copper alloy metal palstave axe. Rounded blade, rectangular septum with triangular indentation on one side beyond the stop ridge. [JW [Excav. PR] 08/05/2013]
Geographical reference
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
England Greater London London Borough of Richmond Hampton Court River Thames
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Bronze Age
Date collected
1877 Sept
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Bronze Metal, Process Cast
Dimensions
Thick: max 28 mm, Width: max 67 mm, Length: max 161 mm, Weight 470 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.119.104 PR no.: 121/ 8386
Research and responses

Possibly found at same spot as the Hampton Court canoe 1884.54.40 [AP 02/09/2008]

Associated publications
Listed under 'Stray Finds', category 'Palstaves', as number 704 on page 319 in Catalogue and Plates, Part ii of The Production and Distribution of Metalwork in the Middle Bronze Age in Southern Britain, by M. J. Rowlands (British Archaeological Reports, 31 (ii)), (Oxford: British Archaeological Reports, 1976). Photocopy in RDF. [JC 24 7 2008]

Search terms: Tool, Axe

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