Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: 5045/1
Site: England,Lancashire (Furness),Urswick,Little Cow Close,Shelmore Heads,Found as part of a hoard of 6 socketed bronze axes, 13 June 1902, while quarrying limestone.
Hoard: yes
Parish: Urswick
County: Cumbria
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1902
Length (mm): 114
Edge (mm): 62
Thickness (mm): 41
Weight (g): 312
Patina: Olive green
Surface: Pitted
Other: Length: 4 1/2" = 114.3mm,Width: cutting edge 2 7/16" = 61.91mm,Thickness: max 1 5/8" = 41.275mm,Weight: 11 oz. = 311.845 gms
Associations: Part of a (?) founder's hoard of 6 in an area rich in Bronze Iron Age sites.
Description: Cutting edge has been hammered sharp. Ornamented by ribs, pellets and concentric circles in centre (loop and rings in reverse).
Publications: Cumb. + West A. T.A. Soc. Trans. N.S. III, p. 410 (illus),NS V, p. 183,Barrow Nats. Field Club Trans. XVII, p. 311.