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FLAT AXEHEAD
Unique ID: LANCUM-A6E169
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy axe head probably Early Bronze Age 2550 to 1600BC. The axe head has a lenticular profile with a convex section/ thickness at the sides. The parallel sides are particularly straight, although they expand outwards with a protruding blade tip to either side. Although most of the original cutting edge survives, the probable blade facets are not particularly noticeable. The artefact is in a worn but fair condition with a mid-brown patina. The length is 100mm, the width blade is 54mm, width butt 34mm, thickness 20mm and the weight 184.94g. The axe probably fits into the earliest phases of metal working in Britain, metalworking stage I-II, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 1-2 circa 2500- 2050 CAL. BC, or slightly later. This is a small, flat axe that is most plausibly early in the period, c.2550-1600 BC.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2550 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 24.68 g
Diameter: 47 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 26th September 2016 - Monday 26th September 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
Parish or ward: Pendleton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SD7539
Four figure Latitude: 53.84663226
Four figure longitude: -2.38146836
1:25K map: SD7539
1:10K map: SD73NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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