Accession No
Z 16381 B
Description
Iron axehead. Flat, sub-rectangular butt, with lozenge shaped sides to socket and a sub-triangular socket hole for securing haft; containing traces of mineralised wood. Outward flaring blade with straight sides and a curved cutting edge.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Newmarket
Period
Medieval
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 16381 B
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Iron; Mineralised Wood
Local Term
Measurements
121mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Found: Newmarket area
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Description for Z 16381[A-B] reads: '2 axeheads'
Event Date
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett description for Z 16381[B] reads: 'One has traces of wood in the socket.'
Event Date 3/4/2001
Author: Annie Tomkins
Description (Physical description)
Iron axehead. Flat, sub-rectangular butt, with lozenge shaped sides to socket and a sub-triangular socket hole for securing haft; containing traces of mineralised wood. Outward flaring blade with straight sides and a curved cutting edge.
Event Date 18/5/2021
Author: Annie Tomkins
FM:291820
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