Description (Physical description)
Iron Axe
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found in a pit together with an iron key (1883.603 A), an iron horseshoe/reaping hook (Z 16384), iron knives (Z 16372, and at least one other) and an iron guard (probably Z 16044 B).
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Related Documents)
There is a diagram on the catalogue card.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (References)
Hughes, T. McKenny. (1891). 'On Antiquities Found Near Hauxton' in Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, Vol. VII (1888-1891), pp. 24-28, Pl. VI.1
Event Date 1891
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Fox, Cyril. 1923. The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 259, Pl. XXXVI.11
Event Date 1923
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Taylor, Alison. (1997). 'South West Cambridgeshire'. Archaeology of Cambridgeshire. Vol. 1. p. 71.
Event Date 1997
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (References)
Malim, Tim and Hines, John. (1998). The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Edix Hill (Barrington A), Cambridgeshire. CBA Research Report 112. York: Council for British Archaeology. p. 324
Event Date 1998
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
T-shaped iron axehead of a type sometimes termed 'horned'.
Event Date 22/07/2014
Author: maa

Context (Amendments / updates)
Fox describes the axe as 'a two-horned axhead of a type occuring in Hanover and France as well as this country' and dates it as Anglo-Saxon. This record gives the period as Medieval but whether this was through subsequent research is unclear, therefore Anglo-Saxon has been added to the Period field. Further research is needed to finalise its date.
Event Date 22/7/2014
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Iron axehead of 'horned' type. Flat rectangular butt and large oval socket hole. The blade has a straight back edge with curved cutting edge and square ends; it extends evenly either side of the socket in a 'T' shape.
Event Date 4/5/2021
Author: Lily Stancliffe