Accession No

1931.357


Description

Socketed Axe with loop. Socket split. Part of socket missing. Blade missing. Horizontal moulding.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Chesterton; Green End Road


Period

Late Bronze Age


Source

Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1931.357


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Copper alloy; Bronze


Local Term


Measurements

43mm x 39mm x 73mm Weight 0.156kg


Events

Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. and O'Reilly, M.M. (1932). 'Archaeological Notes'. In Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. XXXII. p. 59-61. pl. I.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (Field collection)
Green End Road, Chesterton Hoard.
Found on Green End Road, during gravel-digging in a pit belonging to F. and P. Brown in ?1929, ?1930.

Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Loop. Socket split. Part of socket missing. Blade missing. Horizontal moulding
Event Date 1931
Author: maa


Context (References)
Clark, Grahame. (1941). Prehistoric England. B.T. Batsford LTD: London. pp. 63-64. pl. 58.
Event Date 1941
Author: Imogen Gunn


Context (Amendments / updates)
Lethbridge and O'Reilly (see Contexts) note the hoard 'has been acquired for the Museum chiefly through the energies of Mr Oliver Rottman and Mr C.S. Leaf to whom the Museum is much indebted; it was purchased with part of the C.A.S. grant.'. It does not say in what capacity Rottman and Leaf aided the CAS and the Museum in the acquisition of the hoard.
Event Date 26/11/2018
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


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