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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: NMS-4CD9B0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of mouth of a Late Bronze Age socketed axe. Extant length 17.5mm. Weight 3.72g. c.1000 - c.700 BC.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1000 BC
Date to: Circa 700 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.5 mm
Weight: 3.72 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 18th March 2014 - Tuesday 29th April 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 30059
Other reference: NMD042014
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
To be known as: Fincham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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