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FLAT AXEHEAD
Unique ID: LVPL-A626B1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A cast copper alloy small flat axehead of Early Bronze Age date. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with a narrow rounded butt and parallel straight sides which expand to the cutting edge. It is of narrow butted form with slight low flanges to either side. The relatively straight sided body broadens to the blade, which is 2.45mm thick. There an indication of the beginnings of a stop ridge.
The axehead measures 80.03mm in length, 18.01mm in width at the butt, 39.43mm in width at the cutting edge and 13.97mm in thickness. It weighs 140.2g.
The patina across most of the axehead has been worn and eaten away by invasive corrosion. This has left much of the axe covered in deep craters or pocks, the largest of which is 5.85mm in diameter.
This axe is in the Migdale tradition and can be dated c. 2300-2050BC.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2300 BC
Date to: Circa 2050 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 80.03 mm
Width: 39.43 mm
Thickness: 13.97 mm
Weight: 5.85 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st March 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Altringham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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