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Summary

A late Bronze Age looped and socketed bronze axehead was found in 1910, in the Potter Hill area of Norton Disney.

Full description

A late Bronze Age looped and socketed bronze axehead was found in the Potter Hill area of Norton Disney in 1910. It is now in Newark Museum. {1}{2}{3}{4}{5}

The axehead is 3.75" long, 1.75" wide at the cutting edge and is 1.25" thick at the haft end. It was found in the south-western corner of the field bounded by the Fosse Way on the north-west and by Folly Lane on the west, in the area of SK 858 604. {6}

<1> Lincolnshire County Council, Sites and Monuments Record Card Index, SK 86 SE: H (Index). SLI2881.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Card Index, SK 86 SE: 6 (Index). SLI2344.

<3> North Kesteven Records, NK47.10 (Index). SLI7133.

<4> P.J. Davey, 1973, 'Bronze Age Metalwork from Lincolnshire' in Archaeologia, vol.104, p.74, fig.9.87 (Article in Serial). SLI274.

<5> Davis, Richard, 1999, 'Bronze Age metalwork from the Trent valley: Newark, Notts to Gainsborough, Lincs' in Transactions of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, vol.103, gaz.27 (Article in Serial). SLI13378.

<6> Newark Museum Collection, NM 786.1 (Artefact). SLI87.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 801 BC)

Associated Finds

• SOCKETED AXEHEAD (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 801 BC)

Associated Events

• Casual Find of a Bronze Axehead, at Potter Hill, Norton Disney

Sources and further reading

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