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GOUGE
Unique ID: BUC-F59376
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a ate Bronze Age copper-alloy socketed gouge.
The piece represents the distal end of the implement, the upper part having been lost in antiquity. An irregular break marks the top of the tubular upper end of the implement, and a groove tapers upwards from the rounded blade, creating a C-shaped cross section in the lower part.
Class: Socketed
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 1200 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.12 mm
Width: 15.69 mm
Thickness: 2.03 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 5th September 2009
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Wendover Dean 5.9.09
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: Wendover
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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