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MINIATURE OBJECT

Unique ID: SWYOR-18DAC4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A miniature copper alloy socketed axe, dating from the Late Iron Age or Roman period, and probably used as a votive offering. The axe is of a type which resembles the Bronze Age axe that were later copied in the Roman period. There is a raised rim with a transverse groove running around the socketed end of the axe. There was a loop of metal depending from one side of the axe, but this has broken off and is missing. The cutting edge flares but is damaged. The axe has a light green patina. It is 33mm long, 15.7mm wide and 7.7mm thick. It weighs 5.73gm. Some similar miniature axes were found in Wiltshire and have been published by Robinson (Robinson, Paul Miniature Socketed Bronze Axes from Wiltshire pages: 63). Other similar examples are WILT-393545 and YORYM-7DA2C1

Class: socketed axe

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 410

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 15.7 mm
Thickness: 7.7 mm
Weight: 5.73 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 20th July 2009

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Featherstone (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE4222
Four figure Latitude: 53.69276415
Four figure longitude: -1.36542944
1:25K map: SE4222
1:10K map: SE42SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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