Record ID: NCL-160545 - BRONZE AGE axe

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AXE

Unique ID: NCL-160545

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Bronze Age socketed axe edge

A fragment of a cast copper-alloy socketed axe of late Bronze Age date, c. 1100-700 BC.

Only the edge of the axe remains, in a very worn and abraded form, forming a rough crescent shape that is V-shaped in section, as the hollow cavity of the interior is visible.

Class: Socketed

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 1100 BC
Date to: Circa 700 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 29.23 mm
Width: 12.56 mm
Thickness: 8.65 mm
Weight: 6.6 g
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: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: East Riding Of Yorkshire
District: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Parish: Middleton

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SE9348
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 5th October 2011 - Tuesday 8th November 2011

Personal details

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Recorded by: Dr Robert Collins - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Dr Robert Collins - [view all attributed records]

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