Object: Socketed Gouge
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Colchester Museum, 4524.23,Presented by Mr. H. J. Cunnington, 1923
Site: England,Essex,Rayne,1843
Parish: Rayne
County: Essex
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1843
Length (mm): 99
Width (mm): 18
Edge (mm): 17
Thickness (mm): 17
Weight (g): 74
Patina: Traces of patina, dark green.
Surface: Mostly dark golden bronze. Some medium green encrustment. A little clay adheres.
Other: Width: socket 18mm; edge 17mm,Thickness: socket 17mm,Weight: 73.53 gms
Associations: One of a bronze founder's hoard of 2 palstaves, 2 winged celts, 9 socketed celts and a gouge. The fund originally comprised 18 pieces and included fragments of spearheads.
Publications: Gentleman's Magazine, 1844, Vol. i, p. 299