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AXE
Unique ID: NLM-8B26D4
Object type certainty: Possibly
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status: Awaiting validation 
Iron possible axe head fragment. A wrought iron object of longitudinal V-section with a rounded narrower end, possibly the cutting edge of its blade, and sides which converge towards a thicker back. Viewed in profile the object appears slightly bent. It is uncertain whether the full extent of the putative blade remains, in which case this would have been a small axe for carpentry. Alternatively, this may be the tip of a longer blade. The putative cutting edge is now of crescentic form. The mass may imply the extensive survival of metal below corrosion. Suggested date: Unknown, Roman to Post-Medieval, 43-1800.
Length: 69.8mm, Width (at cutting edge): 39.2mm, Thickness (towards butt): 18.8mm, Weight: 120.43gms.
Class: Carpentry
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: UNKNOWN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 1800
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 69.8 mm
Width: 39.2 mm
Thickness: 18.8 mm
Weight: 120.43 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 20th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM30190
Materials and construction
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: Barton upon Humber
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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