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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: DUR-F2F216
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Blade fragment of a Bronze Age axe, c.2300 BC- 800 BC.
The blade edge is curved, and appears complete. It has broken before the shaft, having a rectangular cross-section at the broken edge where it is thickening. The axe has a dark brown patina which is slightly patchy due to corrosion.
As so little remains it is not possible to pin it down to a certain type of axe, or a more specific period within the Bronze Age.
Class: Fragment
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2300 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.33 mm
Width: 47.15 mm
Thickness: 10.73 mm
Weight: 32.1 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Scarborough (District)
Parish or ward: Brompton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9482
Four figure Latitude: 54.225102
Four figure longitude: -0.559675
1:25K map: SE9482
1:10K map: SE98SW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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