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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: NLM-CD7254
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy axe head fragment. A tiny chip from the end of the cutting edge of a cast axe head, possibly parted from its matrix at the site of a casting flaw. The cutting edge was crescentic with abrupt ends, though too little remains to firmly ascribe this scrap to a particular type. Suggested date: Middle to Late Bronze Age, 1600-800 BC.
Height: 18.2mm, Width: 9.5mm, Thickness: 5mm, Weight: 2.59gms
Class: Fragment
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1600 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 18.2 mm
Width: 9.5 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 2.59 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 20th May 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM39742
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Winterton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9318
Four figure Latitude: 53.65024426
Four figure longitude: -0.59446843
1:25K map: SE9318
1:10K map: SE91NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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