Object: Chisel
Classification: Tanged
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Worthing Museum 574/3, presented by Mrs. Henty, no apparently by W.R. Butterfield, Hasstings, formerly E. Henty Collection
Site: Sussex (West), Ferring, Highdown Hill
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Ferring
County: West Sussex
Country: England
Grid reference: c. TQ 092 043
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 69
Thickness (mm): max. 4.8
Weight (g): 40.5
Surface: grass-green p., flaking a little at edges to [...] green dry sur.; scattered lumps green and orangey.
Associations: Context: 7b. Group
Description: Typology: twist from tang to blade - orig. feature?; flat-sided tang with crisp angles; bl. sides little more irreg. with some facetting of angles - v. slight development of fg. lips in odd places; sl. convex bl. sides outline - orig., Manufacture: small hmks on tang face; large ones on bl. face - creating an arched bev. at top of one face; grmks along bl. e. - anc. as they go under corr. lumps; 'gouged' furrows on bl. sides - anc., Condition: most of e. with minor corr. chip dam.; tang end poss. little dam. - black-brown colour
Remarks: Context: 7b. Group, Labels/Markings: black ink-printed: 574. white sect. s/o label: 6, PIF: check, AFI: check, DF: C, SI: check, CI: check, Rec.: SR Nov. 78, Source: MV