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FLAT AXEHEAD
Unique ID: LEIC-05CAF7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Early Bronze age flat axehead, 63mm long, 57mm wide and 10mm thick (at butt). The axe is in fair condition with a green patin and weighs 65grams. The axe has a rectangular section and it starts 10mm thick but gradually thins to the blades thickness of just over 1mm (which is surprisingly well preserved, almost sharp). The axes sides taper very gently outwards until about two thirds of the way down its length, where the blade splays outwards about 15mm on each side, forming a triangular protrusion. From the corners of these a rounded blade emerges, which is not quite symmetrical. Overall the object appears hastily formed and it has a rough uneven surface.
Class: flat
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 2150 BC
Date to: 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 63 mm
Width: 57 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 65 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 6th February 2007
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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: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Shackerstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK3906
Four figure Latitude: 52.650337
Four figure longitude: -1.424964
1:25K map: SK3906
1:10K map: SK30NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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