Record ID: LIN-3C2782 - BRONZE AGE axe

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AXE

Unique ID: LIN-3C2782

Object type certainty: Certain

Fragment of a middle to late Bronze Age axe. The fragment comprises a well-ground blade and part of the flat edge of the axe. One side has a deep, smooth depression in it which presumably occured during its manufacture. The axe has apparently shattered along a brittle fault line in the casting.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 1200 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 35 mm
Width: 24 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: East Lindsey
To be known as: Burgh le Marsh

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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