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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: LEIC-2F2824
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Bronze age copper alloy socketed axe fragment, 50mm long and 37mm wide. The axe is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 50.98 grams. The axe has a rectangular section and is 20mm thick and 27mm wide where it has broken. It has a casting ridge running down the inside of its widest edge and one visible on the outer side where there is also the remains of a side loop. The blade fans out quite steeply and has clear signs of use with lipping on one side and scratch marks running from its edge.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 1500 BC
Date to: 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50 mm
Width: 37 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight: 50.98 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Blaby (District)
Parish or ward: Glenfields (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5305
Four figure Latitude: 52.640164
Four figure longitude: -1.218204
1:25K map: SK5305
1:10K map: SK50NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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