Record ID: BH-0DD381
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete iron tool, possibly a socketed woodworking gouge, of uncertain date. The tool possesses a circular-section tapering socket, which is broken at one end. The other joins a wide, slightly dished blade, which is parallel-sided for a short length and broken before it terminates. The object measures 101mm in length. The socket has a length of 56mm and a maximum diameter of 16mm. The blade has a length of 45mm, a width of 47mm and a thickness of 5mm. Owen Humphreys comments: 'possibly a fragmentary socketed woodworking gouge, although the blade is somewhat wide for such an iden…
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 21st January 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-C62021
Object type: GOUGE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron gouge, probably for woodworking. The gouge has a rectangular sectioned handle which widens out into a wider, flatter, rectangular blade with a raised stop at the end of the blade where it meets the handle. The blade gradually thins and curves with the tip being an arc of about one third of a circle. The handle is 31.1 by 28.8mm; the blade 45.9 by 15.4mm at the top and 46.8 by 4.3mm at the tip. It is 115mm long and weighs 691 grams. Iron tools are very hard to date as they often stay the same, functional shape for long periods. Surrounding finds may suggest a Roman date. Manning …
Created on: Monday 20th April 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ashburnham', grid reference and parish protected.