Object: Socketed axe mould
Classification: Half a Mould for Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Sheffield Museum, J93.514,Bateman Collection
Site: England,Yorkshire,Guilsford,Roseberry Topping,1826
Parish: Guilsford
County: North Yorkshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1826
Length (mm): 148
Width (mm): 57
Edge (mm): 70
Weight (g): 737
Patina: Brown patina
Composition: Bronze
Other: Width: edge 69.5mm; middle 57mm; socket end 50.5mm
Associations: Found with a hoard, with J93.516, 515, 517, 519; J23 520; J93 521, 522, 518.
Description: Exceedingly well preserved. It is provided with a peg and edge ridges to fit the other half. The arrangements for making the loops and ridges are perfect.
Publications: Evans (1881), pp. 129, 172, 174, 178, 397, 424, 468,Sheffield Museum Catalogue (1899), p. 87.