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This bronze axehead was found near Annan in Dumfriesshire. It dates from around 1300 to 1150 BC.

The distinctive shaped axehead is a type called a palstave. It has a loop underneath, a triangular moulding on either side in front of the stop-ridge and a straight moulding from the stop-ridge towards the cutting edge.

The use of two (or more) piece clay moulds allowed more sophisticated axeheads to be made. Palstave axeheads developed from flanged axeheads. They had recesses on each face into which the split end of a haft could be slotted.

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• Online ID: 000-100-104-068-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.DC 98
• Date: 1300 - 1150 BC
  Between 1300 and 1150 BC
  
• Material: Bronze; loop underneath, triangular moulding on either side in front of stopridge and straight moulding from stopridge towards cutting edge
  Axe, flanged
  
• Dimensions: 4.81" L x 1.69" across cutting edge
  
• What: Axe, flanged
  
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• Where: Scotland, Dumfriesshire, Annan
  
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• Description: Bronze flanged axe from Annan, Dumfriesshire, 1300 - 1150 BC
  
• References:
  • Coles, J.M. Scottish Middle Bronze Age Metalwork. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquities of Scotland, 97 (1963-64), pp 82-156, esp. 100-101, 134. 
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