Object: Socketed Axe-like Chisel
Classification: Socketed Axe-like Chisel Facetted
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: London Museum, 27.87/3,Bought July 1927, apparently from G. F. Lawrence
Site: England,Greater London (Surrey),Wandsworth,Fairfield Street, site of Wandsworth Gas Works, about 4 feet from surface. During excavations, 11 April 1923.
Discovery context: excavated
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1923
Length (mm): 111
Edge (mm): 30
Other: Width: Blade 29.5mm
Associations: 11 socketed axes (British Museum and London Museum A.26298, 27.87/1, 27.87/2), 1 socketed gouge (British Museum) and 11 metal cakes (British Museum and London Museum A.25760, A.26299)
Description: Octagonal section. Casting seems incompletely trimmed. Hammer marks on blade. Accidental hole in socket.
Publications: Ant. J. III, 343-4 (but this implement is not mentioned).
Remarks: Part of a hoard described in Ant. J. III, 343-4.