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PALSTAVE
Unique ID: NLM-061746
Object type certainty: Probably
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy palstave axehead fragment. Cast blade and cutting edge from a palstave axe with faint discernible traces of a central mid rib. The blade diminishes in its thickness and increases in its width towards the cutting edge. Fiercely abraded with large nicks in the cutting edge, and encrusted with soil. Suggested date: Middle Bronze Age, 1600-1100 BC.
Length: 55.3mm, Width: 52.6mm, Thickness: 11.3mm, Weight: 98.32gms.
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 1600 BC
Date to: Circa 1100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55.3 mm
Width: 52.6 mm
Thickness: 11.3 mm
Weight: 98.32 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 24th August 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM23201a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Beesby with Saleby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF4378
Four figure Latitude: 53.27969638
Four figure longitude: 0.14332233
1:25K map: TF4378
1:10K map: TF47NW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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