2nd millennium BC. A bronze palstave axe of Type Oxford with low-flanged sockets, heavy mid-stop and depression beneath, flared blade with midrib and raised lateral borders, slightly curved edge and square butt. Cf. Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B. The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981, item 799. 203 grams, 14cm (5 1/2"). Property of a Norfolk collector; acquired from the finder; found on the beach at Hengistbury Head, Dorset, UK; accompanied by a copy of a collector's information sheet.