Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: On permanent loan to Winchester City Museum from Corset County Museum. Previously in the collection of the late Charles Warne.,672
Site: England,Hampshire,Winchester,Found during the making of the L.S.W. railway in 1838
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Winchester
District: Winchester
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1838
Length (mm): 52
Width (mm): 24
Thickness (mm): 14
Weight (g): 71
Patina: Dark green
Other: Length: 2 1/16" = 52.39mm,Width: 15/16" = 23.81mm,Thickness: 9/16" = 14.29mm,Weight: 2 1/2 oz. = 70.87 gms
Description: There is a slight moulding round the socket and a pronounced casting seam on one side. The surface is covered with striations apparently of recent date.
Remarks: F.V. Lyall,Inacc.,See new index.