Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Smith Institute, Stirling,Cat. No. AK2
Site: Scotland,Perthshire,Doune,Lundie Farm
Discovery context: farm
Parish: Doune
County: Stirling
Country: Scotland
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 74
Width (mm): 23
Edge (mm): 40
Weight (g): 142
Patina: Dark brown
Surface: Pitted.
Composition: Bronze
Other: Weight: 5 oz (approx) = 141.748 gms
Description: Socketed axe. Top half of one side broken off, and the two walls crushed together. Cutting edge not at rt. angles to axis and rather blunted.
Remarks: "Found in a tumulus near Doune."