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FLAT AXEHEAD
Unique ID: LEIC-2EBC45
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Early Bronze age copper alloy flat axe, 89mm long and 42mm wide. The axe is in fair condition with a brown/green patina and weighs 95grams. The axe has a narrow and long body which begins 17mm wide and 3mm thick. It tapers gradually and reaches its thickest just under half way along its length where it is 10mm thick and 21mm wide. From this point the axe widens slightly and becomes gradually thinner until it fans out to a blade 42mm wide and 1.5mm thick.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 2150 BC
Date to: 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 89 mm
Width: 42 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 95 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Charnwood (District)
Parish or ward: Thurcaston and Cropston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5510
Four figure Latitude: 52.684909
Four figure longitude: -1.187819
1:25K map: SK5510
1:10K map: SK51SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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