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PALSTAVE
Unique ID: GLO-E7BBF5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy palstave axehead. This has a large steeply curved crescent shaped blade that may have been re-sharpened in antiquity. The blade thickens to a wide septum that has a concave depression before (on the blade side). The flanges are high and run almost the whole length of the rear half, the butt is flat
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Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 1700 BC
Date to: 1400 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 163 mm
Width: 68 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Saturday 8th May 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 3368
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
District: North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Churchill (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST4660
Four figure Latitude: 51.336513
Four figure longitude: -2.776553
1:25K map: ST4660
1:10K map: ST46SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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