Find Spot record 2846 - Bronze Axehead from Faddiley

Late Bronze Age socketed axe reported February 2000. Square sectioned and undecorated . Found in excess of 30cm deep in a clay deposit. 96mm long. 51mm length of wooden haft have survived in the socket (1). Wood identified by Jacqui Huntley of Durham University as apple/pear/hawthorn. Any or all of the species are likely to have been growing in southern Cheshire in the Bronze age. The generally even-grained nature of the wood makes the apple and pear a popular wood for turning and working (2).

<1> Penny S, Various, Portable Antiquities Voluntary Recording Scheme Recording Form, Penney S, 2000. (Paper Archive). SCH4332.

<2> Various, Written Communication to the HER, Huntley J, 2000. (Written Communication). SCH3756.

<3> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL1129 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.

<4> The British Museum, Portable Antiquities Scheme Online Database, LVPL1129 (Web Site). SCH5176.