Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Salisbury Museum, 58/1965
Site: England,Wilsthire,South Newton,Found in a field to the E. of Mill Farm, South Newton, ?1965 by Mr. B. Wiltshire of Mill Farm, South Newton, Wiltshire
Discovery context: farm
Parish: South Newton
County: Wiltshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SU 098345
Year of discovery: 1965
Length (mm): 70
Surface: Well patinated with slight corrosion near cutting edge.
Composition: Bronze
Associations: None
Description: "S. Welsh" type axe. Three ribs on both sides.
Publications: Salisbury Museum Annual Report (1965/66), 16,Archaeological Review, No. 1 (1966)
Remarks: CN Moore, March 1968, Assistant Curator, Salisbury Museum.