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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: NLM-B70C26
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy socketed axe head. Cast axe head with a curved crescentic cutting edge whose ends project markedly and a rectangular-section body which expands in its width from the blade to a square mouth with loop below. The loop is set next to a moulding surrounding the socket. The moulding is rounded and stepped or grooved, and surrounds a rectangular mouth or socket measuring 25 by 23mm with an internal depth of 53mm. Traces of external mould lines appear on the upper and lower sides, but there is no indication of ribs running along the broader sides of the axe head. The flared cutting edge and simple decoration are both paralleled by an axe from Risby Warren displayed at North Lincolnshire Museum. Suggested date: Late Bronze Age, 1000-800 BC.
Length: 66.5mm, Height: 41.5mm, Thickness (measured at the moulded socket): 5.4mm, Weight: 100.10gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
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: 66.5 mm
Height: 41.5 mm
Thickness: 5.4 mm
Weight: 100.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 22nd September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27639
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Scawby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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