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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: SF-D3C5E4
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete and worn cast copper-alloy socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date. Only the very worn blade end survives intact, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. The surviving fragment is oval shaped in section, triangular in profile and has a crescentic blade end that is heavily corroded and worn. The very end of the socket is just visible at the old break and the exterior surfaces have traces of a dark brown patina. It measures 36.34mm in width, 20.46mm in length, 10.05mm in thickness, and weighs 24.74g. This axe fragment is of Late Bronze Age date, c.1150-800 BC.
Class: Fragment
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1150 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.46 mm
Width: 36.34 mm
Thickness: 10.05 mm
Weight: 24.74 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: East Cambridgeshire (District)
To be known as: Burrough Green
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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