Findspot record TR 35 NW 100 - Bronze Age socketed axe head

Summary

Fragment of Bronze Age socketed axe head

Location

Grid reference TR 3368 5520 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR35NW
County KENT
District DOVER, KENT
Civil Parish WORTH, DOVER, KENT

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Full Description

TR 33695521 Part of a Bronze Age socketed axe head was found on the surface in a ploughed field on the east side of Jubilee road at its junction with the main A258, Deal - Sandwich road by Roger Tyman in October 1983. The field occupies the top of a chalk ridge. The fragment consists of the solid cutting end of a socketed axe. Themetal is in a seasonable condition and the surfaces are covered with agreen patina. The cutting edge is some 46mm across and the piece survives for a length of 30mm, its maximum thickness being 13mm. Modern damage has been slight and it seems to have been broken in antiquity. This may represent a piece of scrap metal intended to be re-cast. Information from R. Tyman who retains the fragment. (1)


<1> KAR 84 1986 92-95 (K Parfitt) (OS Card Reference). SKE45456.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1>XY OS Card Reference: KAR 84 1986 92-95 (K Parfitt). [Mapped feature: #57835 find, ]

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Apr 27 2023 2:36PM