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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: DEV-3B1474
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Late Bronze Age socketed axehead, probably dating to c. 1150-750 BC. The fragment is extremely abraded, leaving no surface detail and at one point wearing completely through the wall, leaving an irregular perforation. The socket mouth and cutting edge have both been lost to wear, leaving the axe with a narrow sub-rectangular in plan, with a rounded blade-end and the wall of the socket lost entirely on one face. In profile the axehead tapers towards the cutting edge. the socket is sub-rectangular in cross-section and survives to a depth of c. 54.7mm.
Dimensions: length 72.0mm; width 34.8mm; thickness 24.0mm; weight 75.61g.
The probable axehead (although it could potentially be from another form of socketed tool, such as a chisel) is too worn for its form to be paralleled, however a Late Bronze Age date is likely.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1150 BC
Date to: Circa 750 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 72 mm
Width: 34.8 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight: 75.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Tuesday 19th September 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC receipt: 019348
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Whitchurch Canonicorum (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY3697
Four figure Latitude: 50.76903937
Four figure longitude: -2.90892472
1:25K map: SY3697
1:10K map: SY37NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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