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Summary

Socketed axe, looped, hexagonal section, rib at top of loop, thick mouth moulding of irregular oval section, three slight ribs on each blade face. Length 79mm, blade width 47mm, socket width 36mm.(pearce).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY18NW/148

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FINDSPOT (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 701 BC (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV100041.

Pearce, s. M. /bronze age metalwork of sw britain/(1983)454(bar 120).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV100042.

Pearce, s. M. /pdas/30(1972b)167 fig.3,2/some stone implements found in devon.

Pearce, S. M., 1974, Prehistoric Implements from Devon, 167 (Article in Serial). SDV230983.

Socketed Axe. Believed to have been found near Sidmouth. 79mm long. 47 mm across blade. 36mm across socket. The looped axe is of hexagonal section, with a rib around the whole at the top of the loop, and a thick mouth moulding of irregular oval section. On each blade face, very faint and as a S. E. Welsh-S. W. English type of the latest phase of the Bronze Age. If this axe belongs to this group it is a light-weight and provincial-looking specimen. A very similar axe comes from Sydling St. Nicholas, Dorset, and a longer piece with more elaborate and pronounced mouldings comes from Milborne St. Andrew, Dorset. Sidmouth Museum Collections.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds

• FDV3970 - AXE HEAD (LANEBA to Unknown - 2200 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded

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