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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: DYFED-ED531A
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
An incomplete copper alloy Bronze Age socketed axehead covered in the characteristic green patina of bronze artefacts. The axehead has a rectangular cross-section with straight edges flaring at 1 centimetre from the edge. The edge is damaged indicating use, and three ridges are very worn, but just still visible on one side. A small bump near the neck is likely to have been the remains of the loop.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 79 mm
Width: 47 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PRN 128467
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SM7929
Four figure Latitude: 51.91556048
Four figure longitude: -5.21487568
1:25K map: SM7929
1:10K map: SM72NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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