British Bronze Age 'Bannockburn Type' Palstave Axehead

CIRCA 1800-1200 B.C.

4 3/4 in. (329 grams, 12.13 cm).

With a short square-ended butt, lateral flanges to both sides, a firm stop-ledge, broad curved edge with spur ends. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of the late Mr W. Magee, Hartlepool, County Durham, UK, 1960s-1990s, thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B., The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981, item 435 (Type Bannockburn), for similar.

CONDITION

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