Object: Looped and Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Maidstone Museum, 85.1953,Ex Fenton Collection
Site: England,Kent,Whitstable,From the sea
Parish: Whitstable
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 106
Edge (mm): 51
Thickness (mm): 35
Weight (g): 305
Patina: Uneven, brown patina.
Surface: Chipped
Other: Length: 4 3/16" = 106.36mm,Width: Maximum 2" = 50.8mm,Thickness: 1 3/8" = 34.925mm,Weight: 10 3/4 oz. = 304.76 gms
Description: Cordon moulding and ribs on faces.
Publications: Arch. Cant. LXVIII (1954), p. 210
Remarks: Remains of marine bryozoa inside socket.