English: A large iron axe head, weighing 2.3kg.
The axe appears to be a felling axe, for chopping down trees. It is probably a 5lb axe head, so is therefore likely to be post-medieval in date, circa 16th – 19th century.
Depicted place
(County of findspot) East Sussex
Date
between 1500 and 1850
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
FindID: 153446 Old ref: SUSS-83C865 Filename: F-23.jpg
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