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Description: | Long slender socketed axe of South Wales/Stougursey Type. The axe exhibits most of the characteristic features of the type: namely evidence for a four runner casting technology, a high placed loop extending from within the moulding of the mouth of the axe, and a three rib decorative motif extending from the moulding down both faces of the axe. At least three runners are visible and prominent on this axe, and flash marks have been coarsely filed down. The loop is unusually thick and crudely shaped. The axe has a sub-rectangular, but curved, internal socket and external mouth shape. The sides of the axe are straight, with only a slight divergent expansion at the blade end. The three ribs are well defined, but slightly divergent at the blade end. Slight hammer marks are visible on both faces of the axe, in a strip 12-30mm from and running parallel to the blade edge. Ephemeral impressions on both sides of the axe represent mineral replacement of textile, which was once in contact with the axe. This is a rare occurrence, which indicates that this axe was wrapped within a cloth or buried within a cloth bag, at the time of its deposition in the hoard. The axe has a blue green patina over a generally well preserved axe surface. The soil from the socket of the axe was removed by an archaeological conservator, but produced no evidence for surviving wooden haft fragments. Date: 1020-800 Cal BC (Ewart Park stage). Length 117mm, blade width 47mm, depth of socket c.86mm, internal socket dimensions 37mm x 28mm, external socket dimensions 52mm x 41mm, weight 394.6 grams. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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