Record ID: DENO-71082C
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy Early Iron Age socketed axehead (c.800-600BC), missing part of its rim and suffering damage to its cutting edge. The axehead has an almost square socket mouth, a rectangular cross-section and three ribs terminating in pellets on each face. It is therefore a Type Sompting, Variant Cardiff II axe, belonging to the Llyn Fawr metalwork assemblage. The axehead also has a semi circular loop near the socket rim on one side. The casting seams are barely visible. The axehead has a brown patina with large patches of green corrosion where the patina has come away. O…
Created on: Thursday 24th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 30th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Corbar Woods', grid reference and parish protected.