Record ID: SOM-63A847
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age socketed axe head, a variant of the Taunton-Hademarschen type with oval rather than square mouth. The axe is relatively long and narrow compared to more common forms of socketed axe. the surface is badly corroded with the original surface only surviving in a few areas. The mouth of the socket is oval and adjacent to the mouth is a shallow rounded moulding 16.2mm wide reinforcing this end. This moulding appears to be single but a slight double moulding cannot be ruled out due to the corrosion. It is 26.6mm by 20.4mm just below this swelling. The axe then tapers evenly b…
Created on: Thursday 23rd February 2012
Last updated: Thursday 27th November 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Holford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-C48CB1
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete cast copper alloy socketed axe of the Middle Bronze Age (1500 BC - 1200 BC). Part of a hoard of four implements (Treasure case no. BM2003 T392). Length 120mm, maximum width at the lower part of the blade 32mm and maximum thickness at the mouth 26mm. Weight 161.03g. The axe is narrow and slender and has a square mouth strengthened by a deep flat collar. Part of the collar and the socket are broken and missing. The break is old. Measured from the top of the mouth, the socket is 71mm in depth. The front and rear face bears a motif of three concentric, pendulous U-ribs. Th…
Created on: Tuesday 31st May 2005
Last updated: Monday 14th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Yarmouth Parish', grid reference and parish protected.