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SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: NARC-399F47
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper-alloy Socketed Axehead of Bronze Age date (1150-800 BC). The object is rectangular in shape and it has an L-shaped cross section. The longer of the two retained sides retains the casting seam and a circumferential raised lip. The external shape and the internal mould suggest that the fragment comes from the socketed portion of the object.
The metal is green in colour with a pitted and corroded in patina.
Length: 28.43mm, Width: 21.90mm, Thickness: 6.29mm, Weight: 4.20g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1150 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.43 mm
Width: 21.9 mm
Thickness: 6.29 mm
Weight: 4.2 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Little Houghton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP8159
Four figure Latitude: 52.22326046
Four figure longitude: -0.81563604
1:25K map: SP8159
1:10K map: SP85NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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