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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: WAW-BAFA74
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper alloy axe. The blade portion of the axe remains with the broken edge traversing the axe and revealing the tip of the socket. The blade cutting edge is asymmetrical, rounded and blunt, and is convex in plan. The blade has slightly flared sides, and on these side faces the casting seams are still evident. The break edge of the axe is not recent as there are traces of a patina on the break that matches the traces of dark green patina on the surface of the axe. The surface of the axe is abraded with only traces of a well developed patina. From the cutting edge to the broken edge the axe measures 32.08mm, and from the corner of the blade to the broken edge it measures 57.91mm, across the broken edge it measures 15.92mm thick. It weighs 96.1g.
The axe is a socketed axe dating to the late Bronze Age, c.1150 to 700 BC.
Class: Socketed
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1150 BC
Date to: Circa 700 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 57.91 mm
Width: 32.08 mm
Thickness: 15.92 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Worfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7797
Four figure Latitude: 52.570332
Four figure longitude: -2.340782
1:25K map: SO7797
1:10K map: SO79NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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