Object: Socketed Gouge
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Guildford Museum
Site: England,Greater London (Surrey),Coulsdon,In a small wood, alt. 400 ft O.D. across road west of Coulsdon Court.,Found by workmen digging flints for road metal.,Jan. 7th, 1928,3 1/2-4 ft. below surface.
Discovery context: woodland
Parish: Coulsden
County: Greater London
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1928
Length (mm): 78
Edge (mm): 15
Thickness (mm): 20
Weight (g): 71
Patina: Traces of dark green patina.
Surface: Perfect condition
Other: Thickness: (diameter of lip) 20mm,Weight: 2 1/2 oz. = 70.87 gms
Associations: Part of a hoard of 9 pieces, containing 4 socketed celts, and 2 broken pieces, 2 fragments of winged celts, 1 gouge, and 20 fragements of a cake of metal weighing 17 lbs 6 oz.