Object: Socketed Axe
Classification: Breton Type
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Private Collection,J. Cunning, Esq.,Broome Park.
Site: England,Surrey,Betchworth,Broome Park, by a path skirting NW side of the southernmost of 2 lakes,,S of & within a mile of the Pilgrim's Way.
Parish: Betchworth
County: Surrey
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 95
Width (mm): edge 31, socket 27
Thickness (mm): socket 25
Weight (g): 120.48 approx.
Patina: Rusty patina on reverse, otherwise worn through to dull grey-green metal.
Surface: worn but fairly even except for loop side where it is damaged.
Composition: Bronze
Other: Weight given as 4¼ oz. approx.
Description: 2 small, rough knobs on face below slight collar; one remains on reverse. Angle of reverse broken away on loop side of squarish socket. Small knob probably indicates lower end of broken-off loop.
Publications: S.S. Frere & W. Hooper, Surrey Arch.Coll., XLIX, 102, Pl. XII.