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1884.120.29

Iron axe-head

1884.120.29

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Collection type
Object
Description
Iron axe-head
Long description
Axe head, very heavy, with expanded, quadrangular blade, projecting butt and cracked eye haft socket. The socket is cracked across where it was once welded. A length of metal with a thread is stuck beneath the crack. Two rectangular perforations are above the break. The butt is narrow and roughly cylindrical. [SM 28/01/2008]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Iron Age
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Process Forged (Metal), Process Socketed, Process Welded, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Thick: max 54 mm, Width: max 105 mm, Length: max 250 mm, Weight 1782 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.120.29 PR Cat other PR nos: 1537

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe

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