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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axehead, of Late Bronze Age dating (1150 BC to 800 BC). Around 30 % of the socketed axehead is present, consisting of the base of the socket and the blade edge. The fragment is sub rectangular in plan, and triangular in section. The socket is rectangular in shape. The blade edge is rounded and expands out at the sides.The socketed axehead fragment measures 43.6 mm in length, 42.5 mm wide (at the blade), 30.8 mm wide (at the body), 16.5 mm thick (at the body), 5.1 mm thick (at the blade edge). The remnants of the socket is 110.1 mm deep. It weighs 83.1 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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