Axehead

This bronze axehead was found at Watten in Caithness. It dates from around 1300 to 1150 BC.

The axehead belongs to a group of small axeheads with cast flanges and wide blades. It has a stop-ridge which prevented the haft from slipping down the tool. The deep flanges helped stop the axehead from slipping sideways in the haft.

Middle Bronze Age axeheads are technologically more sophisticated than the flat axeheads of the Early Bronze Age. This was because they were made with closed moulds rather than the open moulds used for the earlier axeheads.

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Online ID:	000-100-034-286-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland X.DC 31
Date:	Between 1300 and 1150 BC
Material:	Bronze; with stop ridge
Dimensions:	4.75 x 2.25"
What:	Axe, flanged
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Where:	Scotland, Caithness, Watten
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Description:	Axe, flanged
References:	Coles, J.M. Scottish Middle Bronze Age Metalwork. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquities of Scotland, 97 (1963-64), pp 82-156, esp. 98, 134.
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