Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: London, Society of Antiquaries Collection, B39,(Original in Shrewsbury Museum)
Site: England,Shropshire,Little Wenlock,Willowmoor
Parish: Little Wenlock
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Grid reference: c. SJ 6403 0830
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 107
Width (mm): 42
Edge (mm): 52
Surface: Dark brown surface
Composition: Three large bosses in sides.
Associations: 1a. Hoard
Description: Dimensions: L 106.5mm; Wm 42; Bm 39.5; We 52.3; DS 83,Typology: 3 vert. ribs descend from v. weak second moulding; some body angles and tending to rib emphasised corners.
Remarks: Labels/Markings: white ink: B.39; stuck-on label "A cast, from a Bronze celt found at Wrekin Tenement, Salop. 1834"; stuck-on label: '7' - printed; loose hand-painted label,Archive: PIF; AFI,PRBAF: DF(C); SI,Ext.: CI,Rec.: SN Feb 79,Source: MV