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Description: | A fragment from the blade end of an incomplete socketed axehead of Late Bronze Age date. The surviving fragment preserves the blade end and part of the socketed lower section of the axehead, but the majority of the object is now missing due to old breaks. It is Trapezoidal in plan, triangular in section, with straight sides that appear to be slightly faceted or rounded in places. The blade edge itself is relatively straight. The exterior surfaces are corroded with some abrasion in places and traces of a dark brown patina. It measures 41.14mm in width at the cutting edge, 27.67mm in length, 9.59mm in surviving thicknes at the socketed end, and weighs 29.76g. This fragment is from a socketed axehead of Late Bronze Age date, the straight blade edge is a characteristic frequently associated with the very late Bronze Age, O'Conner's Late Bronze Age 4, c.800 BC. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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