Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Maidstone Museum, 38.1949,for John Evans, F.S.A. of the Kent Archaeological Society
Site: England,Kent,Burham,From topsoil over chalk pit, about 1920.
Parish: Burham
County: Kent
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1920
Length (mm): 97
Width (mm): 30
Edge (mm): 49
Thickness (mm): 19
Weight (g): 250
Patina: Very prone to flake away, on one face almost worn to the metal.
Surface: Worn
Other: Length: 3.8" = 96.52mm,Width: 1 1/2 inches across mouth of socket = 38.1mm; 1.2 inches over the central portion = 30.48mm; maximum 1 15/16" = 49.21mm,Thickness: .75" under loop = 19.05mm,Weight: 8 5/6 oz. = 250.33 gms
Associations: Isolated find
Description: 2 rib moulding, 2 small ridges inside socket.