Socketed axe

Description

Socketed axe of bronze, with three ribs, and fractured down angle and across face, late Bronze Age, found at Eildon Mid Hill, near Melrose

Museum reference

X.DQ 414

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Socketed axe

Style / Culture

Late Bronze Age

Materials

Bronze

Physical description

Bronze, casting seams prominent; socketed, everted collar, horizontal moulding, three ribs, diverging sides; fractured

Collection place(s)

Eildon Mid Hill, Roxburghshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

O'Connor, B and Cowie, T. (1985) 'A group of bronze socketed axes from Eildon Mid Hill, near Melrose, Roxburghshire', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol. 115, 151-158, No 2