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FLANGED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: HAMP111
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Low-flanged Axe with stop ridge. Butt is weathered, sides are straight and gently diverging before splaying out to an asymmetrically, moderately expanded blade.
Notes:
Single find. Identified by Alan West, British Museum
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 1800 BC
Date to: 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 128 mm
Width: 68 mm
Weight: 282 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 1999
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
To be known as: SOMERSET GLASTONBURY
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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DESCRIPTION
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