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A Socketed Iron Axe from Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, with a note on the type

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2011

W. H. Manning  and
C. Saunders
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The socketed iron axe from Maid's Moreton is the largest example of a group of at least 21 such axes found in the British Isles. They can be divided into two classes by the presence, or absence, of a loop on the side of the socket. The looped form is the commonest and of British origin; the unlooped axes can be compared to Continental examples. The dating evidence for these axes is inadequate but does suggest that they were in use throughout the whole of the pre-Roman Iron Age. The shaft hole axe is less common than the socketed axe in the pre-Roman Iron Age and appears to have been introduced late in the period.

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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 52 , Issue 2 , September 1972 , pp. 276 - 292
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1972

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