The sharpened end of a heavy blade tool generally used for chopping wood. The axehead would normally be attached to a wooden shaft but the wooden shaft rarely survives. Axeheads can be flint, copper alloy or iron.
![A Bronze Age hoard found in Hevingham included this socketed axehead](http://hbsmrgateway2.esdm.co.uk/norfolk/DataFiles/FullImages/1032.jpg)
A Bronze Age hoard found in Hevingham included this socketed axehead. (© NCC)