Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum, 1922-11-13. 1., Purchased from P.H. Douglas, British Bank of South America, 4 Moorgate Street, E.C.4, 1922
Site: England, Hampshire, Nether Wallop, found in a pasture field near the road opposite Wallop School.
Parish: Nether Wallop
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SU 30 36
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 142
Width (mm): 45
Thickness (mm): 54
Weight (g): 366
Patina: pale brownish green
Associations: Hoard of 6 socketed axes.
Description: Square-sectioned Berton type. 5 ribs ending in dots on both faces. lip of socket untrimmed.
Remarks: Inacc., NDA May 1974