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TOY
Unique ID: YORYM-0ED88A
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A complete cast lead alloy toy axehead of Post-Medieval date. The axehead is trapezoidal in plan flaring out from a rectangular butt end to a wide splayed blade. Mid-way along the shaft is a tubular moulding by which the axe (if functional) would have been hafted. The surface of the axehead bears traces of decoration though the advance wear makes its exact nature difficult to determine.
The metal is a mid greyish-white colour and is worn. The axehead is 23.9mm long, 20.4mm wide, 8mm thick and weighs 3.5g.
Class: Axe
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.9 mm
Width: 20.4 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 3.5 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead Alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Welton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9724
Four figure Latitude: 53.70342999
Four figure longitude: -0.53210026
1:25K map: SE9724
1:10K map: SE92SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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