Archaeology Notes

Event ID 660470

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH55NW 33 549 587.

An iron axe blade was found during construction works at the edge of this High Street frontage. Found apparently over 2m below the present ground surface amongst a layor of charcoal and shells, it has been tentatively identified as a medieval carpenter's axe (Museum of London Catalogue type II). The blade is 15.5cm long, 12.3cm wide at the

cutting edge, and 5cm wide at the join with the shaft which consists of a tubular socket 2cm internal diameter and over 10cm long.

J MacLead and G Harden 1986.