Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: Newcastle upon Tyne Museum, 1956.305
Site: Northumberland, Bellingham, Hesleyside
Parish: Bellingham
County: Northumberland
Country: England
Year of discovery: NA
Length (mm): 74
Width (mm): 54
Surface: rather worn, dull golden in colour, dark, almost black, on blade bevel
Description: Faceted (octagonal), though facets are faint