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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: NLM-01AC1B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy socketed axehead fragment. Shard from the mouth of a socketed axehead with a prominent moulding at the socket and a mould line visible on its outer surface. Fiercely abraded. Suggested date: Late Bronze Age, 1000-800 BC.
Length: 22.3mm, Width: 29.3mm, Thickness: 6.9mm, Weight: 12.33gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Undergoing further examination at a museum
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1000 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.3 mm
Width: 29.3 mm
Thickness: 6.9 mm
Weight: 12.33 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 1996 - Monday 31st December 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM25593a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: South Ferriby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9922
Four figure Latitude: 53.68508501
Four figure longitude: -0.50245302
1:25K map: SE9922
1:10K map: SE92SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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