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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: HAMP1025
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1000 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 28 mm
Thickness: 6.5 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2001
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Materials and construction
Primary material:
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
To be known as: HAMPSHIRE ANDOVER
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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