Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Hammond, Mr. M - private (1977)
Site: England,Hereford and Worcester,Ballingham,Ballingham Station (near),Alt Sites: 1) Fawley, No 1 New Cottages; 2) Kings Cradle,Variously described as coming from three proximous localities in Hereford and Worcester: information submitted to Stroud, Herefored and British Museums respectively; the earliest, and most circumstantial account suggests that Hammond found the axe c. 1972 in a garden beside the road approaching Ballingham railway station (DF)
Parish: Ballingham
County: Herefordshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SO 567 311
Year of discovery: 1972
Associations: 8. Single Find
Remarks: PRBAF: DF (S); SI,Ext.: Stroud Museum - illustration; CI,Rec.: SN Nov. 79,Source: SB. I.,Sub. Inf. - various - DF