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AXE
Unique ID: LANCUM-099711
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Late Bronze/Early Iron Age axe fragment dating between1150-300BC. The object is made of copper and has stress fractures evident possibly resulting from being broken up for re-casting. The length is 20mm, the width is 10mm, the thickness is 3mm and the weight is 4.36g
Notes:
The disc is part of a scrap hoard assemblage probably traded for re-casting into another object.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 1150 BC
Date to: Circa 300 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 4.36 g
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: South Lakeland (District)
To be known as: SOUTH LAKES
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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1 comment
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Dot Boughton wrote @ 13:51:36 on the 20th November 2013.
Hi, what kind of axe does this fragment come from? Socketed axes are very rare here in the North West and I would be interested what this one came from. The image is not clear and with only one view it is difficult for me to date it or confirm identification.
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