Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Rasdall, Mr C. – private (1983), 9 Meeson Close, Albrighton,, Wolves [?], Staffs.
Site: Shropshire, Tong, Castle Field after the redeposit of a soil tip from the same field; the soil had been excavated in connection with the M 54 construction; the axe was 3” deep.
Parish: Tong
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Grid reference: c. SJ 794, 068
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 106.3
Width (mm): See Transcriber’s Notes
Edge (mm): See Transcriber’s Notes
Thickness (mm): See Transcriber’s Notes
Weight (g): 162.9
Patina: -
Surface: deep green-brown  p.,  Patches breaking down to speckled though green surface, small areas […] to dry light green sur.
Other: Dimensions as: "Wm. 33.9; Bm 32.8; E We 33.5; Blp 7.7; Ds.  85"
Associations: 8a. Single find (redeposited)
Description: Hammermarks covering the lower part of either face and forming slight bevel; cg flashes still fairly prominent on sides., Condition: all of e. blunt from corr.  Resulting in fair loss at tips.
Remarks: Recovered using a metal detector by Mr. C.  Rasdall in the course of a gridded survey over Castle field after the redeposit of a soil tip from the same field; the soil had been excavated in connection with the M 54 construction; the axe was 3” deep.