Object: Socketed Gouge
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Mr. Lennon, Saltwood
Site: England,Kent,Saltwood,Hayort Wood, on line of railway cutting, 6 ft. below surface, lying on stratum of sand c. 25 yards NE by N of summit of hill,Found June 4, 1872
Discovery context: railway cutting
Parish: Saltwood
County: Kent
Country: England
Grid reference: Kent LXXVI NE
Year of discovery: 1872
Length (mm): 83
Width (mm): 17
Weight (g): 51
Patina: Green and brown patina.
Surface: Smooth with rough patches.
Associations: Part of large hoard; see card for socketed chisel.
Description: Cutting edge broken, mouth of socket broken; slightly projecting rib along each side; traces of wood in upper part of socket.
Publications: Arch. Journ. XXX, 279,Evans,Jessup, Arch of Kent, 107,Journ. Antiqu. Inst. III, 230