Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: British Museum WG 2130,  Given by J Pierpoint Morgan Esq 1909,  Greenwell collection
Site: Humberside, West Halton
Parish: West Halton
County: Lincolnshire
Country: England
Grid reference: SE 90  20
Year of discovery: 1852
Length (mm): 97
Edge (mm): 67
Thickness (mm): 87
Weight (g): 177
Patina: Green and brown patina
Other: I do not think this card can be completed as it stands because the location does not make sense. I entered 'West Halton' in the geolocator and got a location near Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire NOT Humberside as stated. All the evidence (collection, date) suggest it was found in Sproatley along with the other 9 implements from the Greenwell collection! I wrote that before I noticed that the number has now risen to 18! IF we are dealing with the same hoard......
Associations: Part of a hoard of 18 socketed axes, scrap metal or casting jet
Description: square section with rounded angles. Socket damaged
Publications: Archeological Journal  X, 69