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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: NMGW-26FB53
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Published 
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 7th October 2003
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMGWPA 2003.185.11
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Decoration method: Polished
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Llanfair (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST0273
Four figure Latitude: 51.447478
Four figure longitude: -3.411605
1:25K map: ST0273
1:10K map: ST07SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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