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Record ID: HESH-BB82A7
Object type: SOCKETED AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near complete cast copper alloy / bronze ribbed socketed axe of later Bronze Age / Ewart Park date (950-750 BC). The axe is incomplete it has lost a large suction of one side including the mouth / socket. Within the axe is a large substantial wooden haft which is fiberous in nature and relatively well preserved. The axe is relatively robust and would originally have had a square shaped mouth. The casting jets on the top have been trimmed from the only surviving element - it is highly likely that there were originally four runners - arranged in the South Wales Type. The sides of the …
Created on: Monday 26th November 2018
Last updated: Thursday 12th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'swansea', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-C6E050
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Blade fragment from either a spear or possibly a rapier of middle-late bronze age date (c. 1450 - 800 BC). The blade is relatively undiagnostic and is most likely from a spear. It is triangular in plan with a lentoid cross section across the blade. Remains of a high mi-rib is present and this would have given strength to the blade when used. The fragment has been rolled in the ploughsoil and the long edges have been removed. It is possible that across the break on the lower edge the remains of a slight depression can be seen - this is possibly the top of the socket (a naturally weak p…
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Reynoldston', grid reference and parish protected.