Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Norris, N.E.S. - Private (E.202),"Wayside", 20 Withdean Road, Brighton,Purchased 1947 from the digger driver who found the hoard; he had "kept a couple for himself for scraping his shovel".
Site: England,Sussex,Sompting,Hill Barn Nursuries,Oct. 1946,No. 16
Discovery context: hillside
Parish: Sompting
County: East Sussex
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 1762 0619
Year of discovery: 1946
Length (mm): 122
Edge (mm): 66
Patina: Dark brown/gold patina; vivid green patches
Surface: Good sharp edge
Associations: Hoard
Description: Five ribs, slightly emphasised body angles - less regularly spaced on reverse face; double mouth-moulding; blade tip hollows; hammer marks on lower blade.
Publications: Curwen, 1948, 163 no. 16, pl. XXIa
Remarks: SN Nov. 77,PIF; AFI,Letter 10/10/77 from Mr. Norris - in DF(C)