The Portable Antiquities Scheme

Cite record | Embed record | Print | | Report

A hoard of 19 socketed axeheads of Bronze Age date.

17 are complete. 2 have only the blade ends remaining.

1. Complete socketed axe, type Yorkshire. Prominent moulding around socket, slight moulding below, loop and casting seam either side. Three well-defined ribs, haft ribs inside the socket green-brown patina, slightly shipped at cutting edge, both faces are lightly scratched. Wt - 209g; max. length - 89mm; cutting edge - 43mm; mouth 30x30mm.

2. Socketed axe, type Yorkshire. Prominent moulding around socket, slight moulding below, loop and casting seam either side. Three slightly defined ribs, dark brown patina with light to mid green patches, flared edges. Both faces slightly pitted. Moulding at top slightly uneven, with one part of rim drooping down, forming a lip. Very prominent crack on one face, splitting from the rim to approximately half way down the face towards the loop. Wt - 159g; max. length - 80mm; cutting edge - 46mm; mouth 23x27mm.

3. Complete socketed axe, type Yorkshire. Prominent moulding around socket, slight moulding below, loop and casting seam either side. Three slightly defined ribs, haft ribs inside socket, light brown patina with light sandy coloured and mid-green patches, some surface patina has chipped away revealing black and light green. Cutting edge lightly chipped, both faces pitted in places, one notable pockmark between face edge and seam on loop side. Wt - 224g; max. length - 88mm; cutting edge - 43mm; mouth 25x26mm

4. Complete socketed axe, type Yorkshire. Prominent moulding around socket, slight moulding below, loop and casting seam either side. Three lightly defined ribs, light sandy brown patina with patches of light green, cutting edge slightly chipped, both faces pocked in places. Wt - 173g; max. length - 79mm; cutting edge - 41mm; mouth 24x26mm

5. Complete socketed axe, type Yorkshire. Prominent moulding around socket, slight moulding below, loop and casting seam either side. Three well-defined ribs, haft ribs inside socket, dark green-brown patina, both faces slightly pocked and scratched, small crack from rim to just above moulding at level of loop. Flared cutting edge chipped and bends unevenly. Wt - 194g; max. length - 77mm; cutting edge - 49mm; mouth 25x26mm

6. Complete socketed axe, type Yorkshire. Prominent moulding around socket, slight moulding below, loop and casting seam either side. Three lightly defined ribs, haft ribs inside socket, light orange patina on one face and dark green-brown on the other, both with light green and black patches. Patina has chipped away on the cutting edge, loop and moulding, revealing light green beneath, and a tiny patch of bronze on the rim. Casting hole just below the collar next to loop. Wt - 189g; max. length - 79mm; cutting edge - 42mm; mouth 24x25mm

7. Complete socketed axe, type Yorkshire. Prominent moulding around socket, slight moulding below, loop and casting seam either side. Three well-defined ribs, haft ribs inside socket, light grey-brown patina with light green and black patches, chipped cutting edge, both faces pocked, not very well trimmed around the loop.

Wt - 177g; max. length - 74mm; cutting edge - 37mm; mouth 24x26mm

8. Complete socketed axe, type Yorkshire. Prominent moulding around socket, slight moulding below, loop and casting seam either side. Three well-defined ribs, haft ribs inside sockets, light grey-brown patina with light green, orange and black patches, both faces slightly pocked. Patina has chipped away at rim and cutting edge to reveal light green beneath. Wt - 197g; max. length - 87mm; cutting edge - 42mm; mouth 27x29mm

9. Complete socketed axe, type Yorkshire. Prominent moulding around socket, well-defined moulding below, loop and casting seam either side. Three well-defined ribs, haft ribs inside socket ,light grey-brown patina with light green, sandy, orange and black patches, both faces slightly scratched. Patina has chipped away at rim and cutting edge to reveal light green. Wt - 182g, max. length - 80mm; cutting edge - 46mm; mouth 24x28mm

10. Complete socketed axe, type Yorkshire. Prominent moulding around socket, light moulding below, loop and casting seam either side. Three well-defined ribs, haft ribs inside socket, light brown patina with light green, sandy and orange patches, both faces lightly scratched. Patina has chipped away at cutting edge to reveal green. One face more noticeably chipped. Wt - 185g; max. length - 87mm; cutting edge - 43mm; mouth 27x31mm

11. Complete socketed axe, type Yorkshire. Prominent moulding around socket, light moulding below, loop and casting seam either side. Three well-defined ribs, haft ribs inside socket, light brown patina with light green, sandy and dark brown patches, chipped cutting edge revealing green, both faces have uneven and slightly pocked surface. Wt - 185g; max. length - 87mm; cutting edge - 43mm; mouth 27x32mm

12. Fragment of socketed axe, cutting edge only. Part of sides remain, light brown patina with dark brown patches which is severely chipped on one face, broken edge is light green. Wt - 38g; max. length 43mm; cutting edge - 40mm.

13. Complete socketed axe, type Yorkshire. Prominent moulding around socket, very llight moulding below, loop and casting seam either side. Only one very slight rib on each face can be seen, but positioning suggests three-rib pattern. Haft ribs inside socket. Light green-brown patina with light green and sandy patches, chipped cutting edge revealing green, small patch of bronze revealed in pockmark near one face edge, both faces pocked and lightly scratched. Wt - 181g; max. length - 85mm; cutting edge - 42mm; mouth 26x28mm

14. Complete socketed axe, type Yorkshire. Prominent moulding around socket, well-defined moulding below, loop and casting seam either side. Three well-defined ribs, haft ribs inside socket, dark grey-brown patina with light green, orange and black patches, chipped cutting edge with one blade tip broken off, both faces lightly pocked and scratched. Wt - 165g; max. length - 72mm; cutting edge - 37mm; mouth 23x24mm

15. Fragment of socketed axe. Blade fragment with small part of body, heavy light green corrosion covers most of the surface, rest of surface has light green-grey patina. Wt - 26g; max. length - 58mm; cutting edge - 33mm

16. Complete socketed axe, type Yorkshire. Prominent moulding around socket, slight moulding below, loop and casting seam either side. Three well-defined ribs, haft ribs inside socket, dark grey-brown patina with light green, orange, sandy and black patches, chipped cutting edge revealing light green, both faces pocked and lightly scratched. Wt - 211g; max. length - 85mm; cutting edge - 45mm; mouth 24x25mm

17. Complete socketed axe. Different style to others, shorter and with an undecorated surface, type Portree. Cutting edge is flared with exaggerated blade tips. Prominent moulding around socket, slight moulding below, loop and casting seam either side. No ribs on faces, only haft ribs inside sockets. Light green-brown patina with dark brown and light green patches, chipping around cutting edge and rim to reveal green. Both faces slightly pocked and scratched. Wt - 108g; max. length - 58mm

18. Complete socketed axe, type Yorkshire. Prominent moulding around socket, slight moulding below, loop and casting seam either side. Three lightly defined ribs, haft ribs inside socket, dark grey-brown patina with light green, light blue, orange and black patches, chipped cutting edge revealing green, both surfaces pocked, scratched and uneven. Wt - 176g; max. length - 85mm; cutting edge - 42mm; mouth 25x27mm

19. Complete socketed axe, type Yorkshire. Prominent moulding around socket, well-defined moulding below, loop and casting seam either side. Three well-defined ribs, light grey patina with white black patches, both faces lightly pocked and scratched, one blade tip and small part of cutting edge broken off. Wt - 158g; max. length - 79mm; cutting edge - 37mm; mouth 24x22mm

No references cited so far.

QR barcode

If you have a mobile phone equipped with QR recognition software, you can go directly to the webpage that this record resides at. Every record has an individual one of these.

Comment on this artefact's record

Audit data

Created: Friday 5th September 2008
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011