Object: Winged axe
Completeness: Fragment
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Guildford Museum (1928)
Site: England,Surrey [Greater London?],Coulsdon,In a small wood, 400 ft OD, west of road opposite Coulsdon Court. Found by workmen digging flints for road metal, 7th June 1928.,4-3 1/2 ft. below surface.
Discovery context: woodland
Parish: Coulsdon
County: Surrey
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1928
Length (mm): 70
Width (mm): 28
Thickness (mm): 35
Weight (g): 209
Patina: Bronze green patina, with a little powdery green carbonate adhering.
Other: Weight: 7 3/8 oz. = 209.08 gms
Associations: Part of a small founder's hoard of 9 pieces, comprising part of two winged celts, 6 socketed celts (2 broken), and 1 gouge, also 20 fragments of a metal cake weighing 17 lbs 6 oz.
Description: Fragment only; edge half, butt and parts of wings broken.