Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh,No. DE76,Wm. Steck, 1917
Site: Scotland,Roxburghshire,Melrose (near),Cauldshiels Loch, from
Discovery context: loch
Parish: Cauldshiels
County: Border
Country: Scotland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 76
Width (mm): 41
Edge (mm): 57
Thickness (mm): 40
Weight (g): 216
Patina: Very little
Other: Length: 76.4mm,Width: edge 56.8mm; socket 40.6mm,Thickness: socket 39.7mm,Weight: 216.35 gms
Description: Rather tough specimen, little trimmed after casting. Edge of blade sufficiently sharp to cut wood.
Remarks: The measurements as drawn do not accord.