Find Spot record 495 - Bronze Age axe from Grappenhall

Early Bronze Age axe found under a log near the Dog & Dart Inn, Grappenhall. 5.25 inches long with an expanded cutting edge & narrow shaft (1).Varley considers it to be of Irish origin (2). Axe donated to Warrington Museum in September 1860.It is badly pitted & corroded & measures 5.25 inches with an expanded cutting edge of c.3 .5 inches.No precise find spot (3). Ref 8 records found beneath a bog in Grappenhall area (4).

<1> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 50/81-2 Jackson J W 1934 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

<2> Varley, W. J. & Jackson, J. W., 1940, Prehistoric Cheshire, /103 (Book). SCH2692.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ68NW40/1960 (Index). SCH2487.

<4> Davey P & Forster E, 1975, Bronze Age Metalwork from Lancashire and Cheshire, /no.8 (Monograph). SCH488.

<5> Royal Archaeological Institute, 1845-Present, Archaeological Journal, 18/158 1860 (Journal/Periodical). SCH338.

<6> British Archaeological Association, 1847-present, Journal of the British Archaeological Association, 14/91 (Journal/Periodical). SCH1578.

<7> Grealey S, 1976, The Archaeology of Warrington's Past, /25+82/no.11 (Book). SCH3046.

<8> Shone W, 1911, Prehistoric Man in Cheshire, /95/no.40 (Book). SCH2710.

<9> Longley D, 1977-1978, Longley Archive, /no.235 (Paper Archive). SCH2005.