Object: Chisel
Classification: Tanged
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Carisbrooke Museum,Presented by Sir L. Holmes.
Site: England,Isle of Wight,Arreton or,Arreton Down or,Shalcombe Down,Found by Mr. Dennett in 1816
Parish: Arreton
District: Isle of Wight
County: Isle of Wight
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1816
Length (mm): 60
Width (mm): (edge) 19
Thickness (mm): 4.5
Weight (g): 15
Publications: Hillier History of the Isle of Wight Pt. i, p.6.,Journ. Brit. Arch. Ass. Winchester (1846) p.151,Dennett MS. No.2 fig. iii.
Remarks: It seems uncertain whether this is 2the small bronze instrument" said to have been found in a barrow on Shalcombe Down in 1816, or whether it was found about the same time on Arreton Down. Mr. Crawford is inclined to the latter view.