ABSTRACT
MM1954-797 is an example of an enlarged flat axe that is made from copper from the site of Ross Island in Ireland. The axe was discovered buried in the ground at Surbey Beg, on the Isle of Man, one looking west to Ireland and the other looking east to Wales and England. Axes are commonly found as single finds. They appear to be excluded from burials and settlement sites and it had caused' so much change in Bronze Age Europe. Experimental analysis has proved bronze tools are not as weak as traditionally suggested. Hammering is evident on both the sides and the butt of the axe. Handling the axes back in the museum at Cambridge was certainly not the first time. Some made the fire whilst others ground up the malachite ore. The rhythmic noise of the bellows contrasted with the irregular noise of the rain.
