Accession No
1931.359
Description
Socketed Axe - Loop. Crescentic blade. Edge of blade damaged. Edge of socket damaged. Socket split. Socket flattened. Horizontal moulding
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Chesterton; Green End Road
Period
Later Bronze Age
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society [monetary donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1931.359
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
Events
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. Crescentic blade. Edge of blade damaged. Edge of socket damaged. Socket split. Socket flattened. Horizontal moulding
Event Date 1931
Author: maa
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 1932
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Clark, Grahame. 1941. 'Prehistoric England'. B.T. Batsford LTD: London. Plate 58, pp. 63-64.
Event Date 1941
Author: Imogen Gunn
FM:10393
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