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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: SOM-6E7416
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1150 BC
Date to: 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 35.4 mm
Width: 22.2 mm
Thickness: 9.5 mm
Weight: 27.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 7th July 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Entry 020286
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Cerne Abbas
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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