Object: Socketed Axe
Completeness: Fragment
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Nightingale, Mr. Reg. - private 1984,22 Kings Rd, Biggin Hill, Kent
Site: England,Surrey,Limpsfield,Botley Hill Farm,Found by R. Nightingale using a metal detector on 11 Dec. 1983, 3-4" deep at TQ 394554, which is c. 300 m to the South of pieces formerly found in Titsey Parish.
Discovery context: farm, metal detector
Parish: Limpsfield
County: Surrey
Country: England
Grid reference: TQ 394 554
Year of discovery: 1983
Width (mm): 29
Thickness (mm): 7
Weight (g): 16
Surface: Dull green patina intact over all except close to edges where flaked to pale dusty green surface.
Associations: Area Find - Titsey
Description: Dimensions: W frag. 28.5; D frag 22; T moulding 6.7; Wt. 15.7g,Typology: strong double moulding - upper one v. bulbous; small internal bevel at mouth.,Condition: patina development on side breaks, none surviving on basal breaks,Attached Material: yellow brown soil traces.
Remarks: Archive: PIF; AFI,PRBAF: SI,Ext: RSO 31/1/84; CI,Rec.: SN, March 84,Source: Sb. A.,Sub. Inf.: Mr. K.N. Peters