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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: SWYOR-ED73D3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy axehead, probably dating to the Bronze Age. The axehead is quite chunky in form and has been poorly cast and so would have been discarded. The cutting edge of the axehead seems to have cast well but the butt is completely miscast and has a pitted uneven surface. The axehead weighs 139g and measures 57.1mm in length, 29mm in width and 21mm in thickness.
Class: Fragment
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 2500 BC
Date to: 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 57.1 mm
Width: 29 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight: 139 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 11th July 2006
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
To be known as: Castleford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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