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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: ESS-07D636
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a Late Bronze age socketed axe head, dating 1000-800 BC. All that remains is part of the rim of the object. There are traces of a loop which has since broken away. A moulded rib runs around the neck of the object. The metal is a light green with a mid-dark brown patina.
Dimensions: height: 27.90 mm; width: 25.57 mm; thickness: 5.56 mm; weight; 13.56g.
Class: Fragment
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: CIMS
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1300 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 27.9 mm
Width: 25.57 mm
Thickness: 5.56 mm
Weight: 13.56 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OEF 7883
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Chelmsford (District)
Parish or ward: South Hanningfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ7095
Four figure Latitude: 51.62813283
Four figure longitude: 0.45471399
1:25K map: TQ7095
1:10K map: TQ79NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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