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Description: | Cast copper alloy chisel length 93mm, diameter 20mm, width at chisel 16mm, weight 75g. Crescent shape blade which extends backwards 31mm. The opposite end is socketed with an internal aperture of 13mm and a double collar on the outside The casting seam has been removed. This artefacts has a rich dark green patina although there are areas of lighter green pitted corrosion. This dates to the middle to late Bronze Age 1500-800BCSimilar examples of socketed chisels are illustrated in the Archaeological Journal Vol VI (1849), page 382, found at Westow, Yorkshire, and in the Archaeological Journal IX (1852), pages 302-3, found at Romford, Essex. Evans (1881) also describes other socketed chisels found at Heathery Burn Cave, Durham; Roseberry Topping, Yorkshire; Meldreth, Cambridgeshire, as well as examples from France, Switzerland and Italy.
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