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Record ID: PUBLIC-D25B73
Object type: FLAT AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze age copper alloy flat axehead. The axe is in fair condition with a brown/green patina and weighs 143 grams. It is 84mm long and up to 55mm wide, and has a convex butt and moderately concave sides, with a lenticular profile and cross-section. It is 24.7mm wide and 4mm thick at the butt end, from whence it expands gradually and reaches its thickest just under half way along its length where it is 10.5mm thick. From this point the axe becomes gradually thinner until it terminates in a crescent shaped blade 55mm wide and 4.5mm thick, although it would originally have been sub…
Created on: Sunday 10th June 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th June 2018
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This findspot is known as 'Ibstock', grid reference and parish protected.
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