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Socketed axehead
Unique ID: NMGW-B6E9A2
Object type certainty: Certain
Blade end fragment from a Late Bronze Age socketed axe of indeterminate type. The fragment has little of the original external surface surviving and the blade edge has been lost. The axe would have been comparatively slender with the sides gently diverging at the blade ends. The blade edge was likely to have been curved. No cast ornament is discernible on the faces.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 1000 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Length: 26 mm
Width: 44.7 mm
Thickness: 11.4 mm
Weight: 34.5 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: South West
County: Gloucestershire
District: Forest Of Dean
Parish: Woolaston
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2004
Personal details
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Identified by: Mr Mark Lodwick - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMGWPA 2004.27
References cited
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Created:
Tuesday 24th February 2004
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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