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    • Period from:BRONZE AGE
    • County:Kent
    • Object type:SOCKETED AXEHEAD
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    • Primary material:Copper alloy

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Record ID: KENT1059
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published Find published
indented socketed axehead fragment, irregular break approx. 1/3rd. from socket end, blade very worn and broken, parallel sides to blade, double parallel mouldings running across blade immediately below indents
Created on: Wednesday 2nd December 1998
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENT HIGHAM', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: KENT4633
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Bronze age socketed axehead, possibly a faulty casting which was discarded without being used.
Created on: Thursday 5th September 2002
Last updated: Saturday 1st August 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'A20 Lenham', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: KENT-8CF725
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Complete bronze looped and socketed axehead, South Eastern Type A. Sub-circular mouth with double mouth moulding, with a small perforation just below the moulding on one side. It is unclear if the latter is a result of miscasting or damage. Considerable casting flash survives along most of the length of both sides and on the loop, but it has mostly been removed towards the blade. The blade is not widely expanded and the blade tip is missing on one side. There are many very fine transverse lines close to the blade edge. The surviving blade edge is heavily corrosion chipped. Dark green …
Created on: Tuesday 10th August 2004
Last updated: Monday 14th February 2022
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Record ID: KENT-8D44F3
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Incomplete bronze socketed axehead. Only the lower half survives, with a worn and irregular transverse break across the socket. The body of the axe narrows just below the break. There are blade tip hollows and the blade is expanded. Most of the blade edge and both tips are missing, and the edge and surface around the blade is heavily corrosion chipped. The casting flash has mostly been removed. There are many fine transverse lines across one face of the axe only. Mixed light to brown-green patina. Forms part of a hoard of Late Bronze Age metalwork, probably deposited circa 1000 to 8…
Created on: Tuesday 10th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-8D53D7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Fragment of a bronze socketed axehead, South Eastern Type A. Sub-rectangular mouth with double moulding. A short length of the socket and most of loop survive only. Even, worn transverse break across body probably occurred in antiquity. Some casting flashes are present along both sides. Green and green-brown patina. Forms part of a hoard of Late Bronze Age metalwork, probably deposited circa 1000 to 800 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 10th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-8D80E4
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A fagment of a bronze socketed axehead. Only the blade end is present and none of the socket remains. The blade is expanded and there are blade tip hollows. Most of the blade edge is intact, although with some corrosion chipping. The transverse break just above blade tips is worn. There are many very fine transverse lines close to the blade edge on both faces. Mixed green and brown patina. Forms part of a hoard of Late Bronze Age metalwork, probably deposited circa 1000 to 800 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 10th August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-FF58C5
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Fragment of a cast copper-alloy axehead, probably a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead. Only a small part of the cutting edge is present and the break just above the blade edge is worn.
Created on: Wednesday 15th June 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'COBHAM', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: LON-E59816
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Cast copper alloy socketed axehead, dating to the late bronze age period. Fragment of bronze axehead, consists of about 6cm of the edge end of a socketed axehead. Plain with no sign of ribbing. Suffering from some bronze disease. The sides flares out resulting in a reasonable long edge. Probably of Class A 'south-eastern' type.
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 24th January 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Boxley', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: SUR-4C7C85
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
The blade of a socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date. The hollow is asymmetrically cast and one long side has a very thin wall. There are nicks in the blade edge.
Created on: Wednesday 12th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-D4EC17
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Late Bronze Age socketed axe head fragment.
Created on: Monday 11th December 2006
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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Record ID: KENT-4B9466
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A Bronze Age cast copper alloy socketted axe c.1000-600 BC. The axe splays evenly from the circular socket towards the rounded cutting edge. A solid loop protrudes from one edge near the socket. The top third of the axe on one side is broken away by an old break. This break reveals casting marks on the inside. The axe is 55.1mm long, 29.3mm wide, 18.6mm thick and weighs 6.4 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 8th July 2009
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ightham', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: KENT-40C194
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A very worn lower body of a cast copper alloy socketed looped axe dating from the Late Bronze Age, that is c. 11th-9th century BC. Most of the socket moulding and the blade is missing; the surface is heavily abraded and patinated. It looks like it was of South Eastern ribbed type, part of the Late Bronze Age Wilburton or, more likely, Ewart Park metalwork assemblage, 10th C BC. A better identification is impossible due to the condition of the axe,
Created on: Thursday 11th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 16th November 2017
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Record ID: LON-EFD761
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An incomplete Bronze Age copper alloy socketed axehead, 1500-800 BC. The find consists of the body and blade of a socketed axehead: the moulding around the mouth of the axehead has broken off, and therefore cannot be used to date the artefact more closely. The mouth is sub-rectangular and measures 24.66mm wide and 15.55mm thick externally. The total remaining socket depth is approximately 29.15mm. The body of the axehead widens gradually, and has smooth faces and sides, with no prominent face edges or casting seams. The blade width is 37.55mm and there is no blade tip expansion beyond …
Created on: Friday 9th April 2010
Last updated: Thursday 1st December 2022
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Record ID: KENT-2126A8
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A Bronze Age cast copper alloy Socketed Axehead dating from 1000-800 BC. The axe has a square mouth with two mouth moldings around the outside. The sub rectangular loop prtrudes from the second, less pronounced moulding; it is 6.9mm wide at its widest with a minimum of 4.7mm. The blade is parallel for most of its length before expanding close to the complete cutting edge to a width of 29.5mm. The blade width is 22.4mm. There are casting seams still present on both side with no sign of trimming. The socket depth is 46.6mm. The axehad is 61.7mm long, 22.4mm wide, 3.7mm thick and weighs …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd June 2010
Last updated: Monday 14th February 2022
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Record ID: KENT-279A24
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A fragment of a Bronze Age cast cu-alloy axe, probably from a socketed dating from the Late Bronze Age, i.e. c. 1000-800BC. The axe fragment is that of the lower part of the axe with blade flaring out to create the scoket. The mouth, mouth moulding and side loop are all missing. The break does not have a patina suggeting that the axe could have been broken recently, possibly during excavation. The axe is 22.4mm high, 42,2mm wide, 11.5mm thick and weighs 27.62 grams.
Created on: Monday 21st February 2011
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Chart with Singleton', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: KENT-39D9B8
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A cast copper alloy Bronze Age socketed axehead fragment. It is probably a South-Eastern type, dating to 1000-800 BC. The fragment consists of the blade and the beginning of the body. The body is hollow, with a subrectangular section. The blade, which is solid, flares out with a pronounced blade tip. The casting seam is visible on one side just above the blade tip. It measures 47.07 mm L x 39.15 mm W x 12.66 mm TH (at the solid point) and weighs 63.72 g.
Created on: Wednesday 16th November 2011
Last updated: Monday 5th December 2022
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Record ID: PUBLIC-6C6D27
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published Find published
An incomplete copper alloy socketed axe dating from the Late Bronze Age, that is c. 1000-800BC. South Eastern Type. The body is sub-rectangular in plan and wedge shaped in profile. Casting seams are present on both sides indicating a two piece mould. Most of the socket and securing loop are missing probably broken in antiquity as the broken edges have the same dark green patina as the surviving body. The socket has a double groove pattern around its circumference just below the lip. The blade, which is solid, flares out to a curved pronounced blade edge. Generally the overall thick…
Created on: Monday 30th July 2012
Last updated: Monday 9th January 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Manston', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: KENT-EFC95E
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Late Bronze Age socketed axe (c.1150-800 BC). The fragment is sub-oval and appears to be the cutting-edge of a socketed axehead; the interior of the socket is visible, forming a shallow sub-triangular hollow along the break, which is uneven. The cutting-edge is worn and is now rounded; the breaks are also worn. The entire object is covered with mounds and pits of copper alloy corrosion and green and black patina. It measures 19.3 mm in length, 20.6 mm wide, 9.9 mm thick and weighs 23.7 g.
Created on: Tuesday 9th September 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 17th September 2014
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Record ID: PUBLIC-CEED5D
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A Late Bronze Age/Earliest Iron Age complete cast copper alloy socketed axehead of South-Eastern (LBA) or Sompting (EIA) type, of the Ewart Park/Llyn Fawr metalworking tradition. The axehead is wedge-shaped with a square socket at the haft end. Internally the socket tapers and narrows from the mouth to the cutting edge. Externally the axehead expands gently along the body before a very slightly wider flare to the curved but now damaged cutting edge. There is a wide circumferential raised mouth moulding at the socket, with a second much narrower moulding below. To one side of the mouth…
Created on: Wednesday 19th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th July 2019
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Record ID: KENT-ECBAFE
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A blade fragment of a Late Bronze Age (1150 - 800 BC) copper alloy socketed axehead. The fragment is sub-rectangular, rectangular in cross-section and consists of the cutting-edge and approximately one third of the blade. The cutting-edge is angular and narrow, with one damaged corner. The sides of the axe are triangular, tapering towards the cutting-edge, with visible casting seams present on both sides. The break is uneven on both faces and the lower portion of the socket is visible at the break, consisting of a narrow, sub-rectangular hollow. It measures 33.8 mm in length. 35.6 …
Created on: Tuesday 10th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2015
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