Object: Socketed Hammer
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Wright, Mr. S - private (1988),Mill Cottage, Old Stafford Road, Stade Heath near Woverhampton, WV10 7PH
Site: England,Staffordshire,Teddesley Hay,Woodbank,position marked on OS map by finder (DF); found 3" deep on ploughed land in a field turned by the plough every year; field slopes towards west 'on a small hill' - thus towards River Park
Discovery context: river
Parish: Teddesley Hay
County: Staffordshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SJ 937 155
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 53
Width (mm): 30
Weight (g): 157
Surface: :acquered by finder; mainly a fine olive patina, w. one more gold patch; limited areas, esp, around hammer face, have flaked to light or dull green dry surface.
Other: PRBAF: DF (S),Rec.: SN Dec. 88,Source Sb. A
Description: Dimensions: L 52mm; Wm 30.2mm; Bm 28.8mm; D socket 38.5mm; W face 32mm; B face (obliquely) 33mm; Wt 157.4 g, W socketed 16mm,Typology: neat flat collar with perpend. ledge underneath; face very oblique - as designed, for casting flashed are also very asymmetric; fairly angular angles, neat almost square socket end to steadily tapered socket.,Manufacture: prom. cg. flashes on sides, irreg. w. occ. extrusions; other fine wavy ridges across surfaces are likely as-cast; clear cg. fl. round m. top.,Condition: seems intact apart from corr.; parts of hammer face very smooth, parts sl. dimpled; also a few short light grooves in one corner; face generally undulates slightly. Little burring on every edge indicates use.