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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: LVPL-90D446
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper alloy socketed axe of Late Bronze Age date (1000 - 800 BC). The object can be classified as the Ewart Park phase of metalwork.
The object is irregular in plan and curved in profile being faceted. One half of a circular perforation is probably where the side loop was attached to the object. Around the mouth of the socket is a moulded collar which measures 3.18mm thick and is D-shaped in cross-section.
Running from the mouth of the socket to the break is a raised rib. The object is has a mid green patina and is in fair condition. The object appears to have broken within antiquity.
Socketed axes are most common during the Ewart park phase of metal work which corresponds with metalworking phases X - XII, or Needham Periods 6-7, dating from about 1150-750 CAL BC. This would date the axe from about 1000 - 800 BC.
Class: Ewart Park
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1000 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.07 mm
Width: 25.01 mm
Thickness: 3.43 mm
Weight: 9.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st November 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Kingsley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohl, B. and Needham, S.P. | 1998 | The Circulation of Metal in the British Bronze Age: The Application of Lead Isotope Analysis | London | British Museum Press |
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