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AWL
Unique ID: LEIC-711C38
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Bronze Age? copper-alloy awl, dating to c. 1150 - 800 BC. The object is square in cross section along half of its length, and at the mid-point tapers to a circular cross-sectioned and point at one terminal. At the other terminal it flattens to become rectangular in cross-section, before ending in a chisel-shaped terminal. The surface is undecorated.
Length: 63.33 mm
Thickness: 5.02 mm
Weight: 7.19 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1150 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 63.33 mm
Thickness: 5.02 mm
Weight: 7.19 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: RCM 0666
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
District: Rutland (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Little Casterton
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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