Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Winchester City Museum, 850.56,Previously in the possession successively of the late Mr. W. J. Andres and his widow the late Mrs. H. E. Tilling and bequeathed by her to the Museum in 1955.
Site: England,Hampshire,Ampfield,Found in 1902.
Parish: Ampfield
County: Hampshire
Country: England
Year of discovery: 1902
Length (mm): 76
Width (mm): 24
Thickness (mm): 22
Weight (g): 85
Patina: Dark green
Surface: Smooth
Other: Length: 3" = 76.2mm,Width: 15/16" = 23.81mm,Thickness: 7/8" = 22.225mm,Weight: 3 oz. = 85.05 gms
Description: It has a loop on one side. There is a pronounced casting seam down both sides. A moulding surrounds the socket part of the edge of which is missing
Remarks: Inacc.,See new index.