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AXEHEAD

Unique ID: WILT-8924E9

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A fragment of a copper alloy Bronze Age axehead or palstave dating to the period 1500-1100 BC. Only a fragment of the blade tip survives. The fragment is broadly rectangular with a rectangular cross section at the break, at the break no socket is visible. It narrows from 35.35mm wide and 7.9mm thick at the break to 37.95mm wide and 2.7mm wide at the blade. The fragment weighs 25.41 grams.

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 1500 BC
Date to: Circa 1100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 37.79 mm
Width: 17.18 mm
Thickness: 7.63 mm
Weight: 2.28 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: WHM 2016-82

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Southwick

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Recording Institution: WILT
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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