Small flanged axe with curved, semicircular blade and flat nbutt. There are low ribs from the blade to the neck. Some dark brown patina remains and there is some corrosion. Langquaid type (Vandkilde’s type B4). Length: 12 cm. Width: c. 5.2 cm across the blade. Photo: Svein Skare © University Museum in Bergen, CC BY-SA 4.0

Context:
Found in 1982, under excavation of foundations for a wall. The axe was found approximately 20-30 cm deep underground. A subsequent excavation indicated that the axe must have been laid down near bedrock. A sword (B11599) and a flanged ax (B12125) have been found on the farm, but not in the same area.

Location:
Blindheim (no. 17/371), Ålesund, Møre & Romsdal

Date:
Axes of this type are dated to the Early Bronze Age period 1b.