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FLANGED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: DEV-07F6B5
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy Middle Bronze Age axe, dating from c. 1400 BC to 1250 BC. The axehead measures 141mm in length. The object tapers from the wider blade end towards the butt; in section it is roughly lozenge shaped. The cutting edge has a crescentic form in plan and is lenticular in section; it measures 58.5mm in width from one end of the blade to the other. The flanges start a short way in from the butt corners, and terminate just beyond the central point where the septum meets the blade end. There is no stop ridge visible. There are slight traces of a raised central moulding running lengthways along the axehead; there are no other traces of decoration visible.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1400 BC
Date to: Exactly 1250 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 141 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 12th April 2012 - Sunday 1st April 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Devon (County)
District: North Devon (District)
Parish or ward: Heanton Punchardon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SS4936
Four figure Latitude: 51.10335947
Four figure longitude: -4.15814659
1:25K map: SS4936
1:10K map: SS43NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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