Object: Looped and Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Maidstone Museum, 44.1954,H. T. Rye, Esq.
Site: England,Kent,West Peckham,1954
Parish: West Peckham
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1954
Length (mm): 107
Width (mm): 41
Edge (mm): 48
Thickness (mm): 23
Weight (g): 247
Patina: Olive green.
Surface: Smooth, except for a few chips at the end.
Other: Length: 4.2" = 106.68mm,Width; 1.6" across mouth of socket = 40.64mm; Maximum 1.9" = 48.26mm,Thickness: 0.9" under loop = 22.86mm,Weight: 8 7/10 oz = 246.64 gms
Associations: Isolated find.
Description: 2 rib mouldings, small hole below loop area.
Publications: Arch. Cant. LXVIII (1954), p. 210