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AXE
Unique ID: WILT-12B816
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead with rib decoration. The fragment is broadly square in plan. Late Bronze Age socketed axeheads are c.1100 BC to c.800 BC in date.
The fragment is 15.05mm in length, 18.9mm wide, 4.40mm thick and weighs 4.73 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1100 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.05 mm
Width: 18.9 mm
Thickness: 4.4 mm
Weight: 4.73 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: WHM 1533
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Cricklade
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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