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Description: | A copper alloy socketed gouge dating to the Late Bronze Age betweem c. 1150 and c. 800 BC.The gouge has a hollow socket, circular in section, which narrows to form a flaring and curved blade edge. The gouge is in good condition with an even green patina.The socketed end is 17mm in diameter. The gouge is 92mm long, and the flared blade end is 14mm wide.Two similar examples are illustrated in Watson, P, 1993, 'Catalogue of British and European Prehistoric Metalwork in Birmingham City Museums', BAR British Series 233.According to Pearce, S, M in the 1983 publication 'The Bronze Age Metalwork of South Western Britain Part I', page 43, socketed gouges 'appear to have begun in the Wilburton phase, and continued as part of the tool repertoire until the end of the Bronze Age', although most socketed gouges can be dated to the Ewart phase between c. 1000 - c. 800 BC. Ben Roberts of the British Museum has kindly lokoed at his gouge and agrees with the function and date of the object.
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