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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: WILT-182C61
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 1100 BC
Date to: 700 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.4 mm
Width: 18.5 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
Weight: 3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2008
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Salisbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU1331
Four figure Latitude: 51.078178
Four figure longitude: -1.815805
1:25K map: SU1331
1:10K map: SU13SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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