Object: Chisel
Classification: Tanged & Collared
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Letchworth Museum. 69.2.61
Site: Hertfordshire,Letchworth,Lordship Lane Housing Estate,Discovered together with Early Iron Age 'A' pottery in a builder's trench. July 1960.
County: Hertfordshire
Country: England
Grid reference: 52/ 225 314
Year of discovery: 1960
Length (mm): 70
Width (mm): Greatest 21,Least, 13
Thickness (mm): Greatest 8,Least 2
Weight (g): 14
Patina: Shiny, heavy oxidation under surface.
Surface: Pitted irregularly but to a large extent.
Other: Weight .5 ozs.
Associations: Early Iron Age 'A' pottery - very early.
Description: Cutting edge damaged in two places.
Remarks: Considerably worn.,John Moss.