Record ID: NMGW-6F5981
Object type: AWL
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Merthyr Tydfil
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy chisel or awl, possibly of Late Bronze Age date The tool is complete (with a length of 88.1mm and a weight of 9.5g). The tang has a short edge at its apex (1.3mm wide and 0.4mm thick) and is square-sectioned for nearly one-third of its length (for 27mm), gradually widening (to a maximum square-section of 3.7mm). The mid-part of the tool is circular-sectioned (with a diameter of 4.3mm) for a little over one-third of its length (for 31mm). The blade is sub-square sectioned (for 32mm) and each of the four faces on the top of the blade has a clear forged facet, which is poss…
Created on: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2017
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Record ID: NMGW-693B4A
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Merthyr Tydfil
Workflow stage: Published
Middle Bronze Age bronze palstave of Group III, Low Flanged, Broad Blade form and possibly of Sleaford variant type, as defined by Schmidt & Burgess (1981, p136)[1]. The palstave is near-complete, missing the part of the loop and with peripheral damage and is comparatively small (at 127.6mm and with a weight of 243.0g). The butt is damaged but was likely to have been moderately straight (with a width of 21.6mm and a thickness of 6.3mm). The sides from the butt to the stop are near-parallel, gently convex (with a maximum width of 23.8mm). The loop is damaged and extends either side …
Created on: Thursday 9th October 2014
Last updated: Friday 15th September 2017
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