£80 - £120
Bronze age socketed chisel and gouge. Circa 1150-800 BCE. 100mm & 73mm. The socket form of the chisel is similar to the Thorndon Type socketed knives, but without the rivet holes, a rare type of which very few are referenced. Socketed gouges appear to have begun in the Wilburton phase, and continued as part of the tool repertoire until the end of the Bronze Age. Ref: Pearce, 1983. The Bronze Age Metalwork of South Western Britain Part I, page 43. Both pieces have damage to the socket end.
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