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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: SF-567CE7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy axe or palstave of Bronze Age date. Only the blade end survives, the remainder of the object now missing due to old breaks. It is triangular in profile with a crescentic blade that has some damage to the centre of the cutting edge. The blade projects slightly beyoned the sides of the axe, and both faces of the axe itself are flattened. There is no evidence for a socket in the surviving breaks and the size and flatness of the object suggest it could be either a socketed axe or a palstave. It measures 28.69mm in length, 46.01mm in width, 8.58mm in thickness, and weighs 42.72g. This object dates to the later Early Bronze Age or Middle Bronze Age periods, c.2000-1150 BC.
Class: Fragment
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2000 BC
Date to: Circa 1150 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.69 mm
Width: 46.01 mm
Thickness: 8.58 mm
Weight: 42.72 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st July 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: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: Cavenham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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