Record ID: WILT-8924E9
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a copper alloy Bronze Age axehead or palstave dating to the period 1500-1100 BC. Only a fragment of the blade tip survives. The fragment is broadly rectangular with a rectangular cross section at the break, at the break no socket is visible. It narrows from 35.35mm wide and 7.9mm thick at the break to 37.95mm wide and 2.7mm wide at the blade. The fragment weighs 25.41 grams.
Created on: Thursday 20th October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southwick', grid reference and parish protected.