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CHISEL
Unique ID: SOM-EE0DC1
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy woodworking tool of uncertain date. It is a bar, broadly rectangular in plan and circular in section at one end. The opposite end tapers to a narrow edge, creating a broadly triangular cross section. It measures 70.4mm in length, 16.2mm in diameter and weighs 78.5g.
The faces are flat and there is no concave face which would indicate that this is a gouge and is therefore more likely to be a chisel, although the tapering end is quite thick and blunt.
Copper alloy woodworking tools are known from the Bronze Age but it is not a typical form such as a gouge. Such tools continue in use to the Post Medieval period for finer woodworking.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa 2150 BC
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 70.4 mm
Weight: 78.52 g
Diameter: 16.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 3rd July 2011
Rally details.
This object was found at Detecting Wales - 3rd July 2011, West Pennard
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ticket number 21
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Mendip (District)
To be known as: West Pennard
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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