Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,Mrs. E. K. Coulter,Laughton, The Grange, Wimbledon,Since 1958 in Gloucester Museum
Site: England,Gloucestershire,Bourton-on-the-Water,Slaughter Bridge, S of, E. of Fosse Way,Near W. Cox Howson's Gravel Pit,Found in ploughing,1907
Parish: Bourton-on-the-water
County: Gloucestershire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1907
Length (mm): 78
Width (mm): 35
Edge (mm): 47
Weight (g): 174
Associations: One of a hoard of 8 socketed axes.
Description: 5 grooves on faces.,Width: edge 47mm; socket 35 x 34mm
Publications: B.G.A.S, XXX, 26,G. C. Dunning, Antiq. Jn. XII, 283-4, Fig. 3,3,XV, 196,XXI, 150