2024-03-29T00:05:48+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/rsshttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/atomhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/kmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results1140EarlyWiltshire10Unitary AuthorityIRON AGE1LateMetal detectorWILTCDB685.jpg439251170681BAUnitary AuthorityCertain4WILT4392520.64-800Restricted Accessx1371224.94Wiltshire106272016-08-17T12:08:33ZReturned to finder1South WestCirca
A complete late Bronze Age chisel dating to c. 1150-800 BC. The chisel measures 86.44mm in length and weighs 24.94.
The tang measures 7.96mm wide and 5.85mm thick where it joins the body of the chisel, and narrows and thins to 3.64mm wide and 2.94mm thick at the other end. Casting flashes are visible and worn down where it joins the collar.
The collar is oval in cross-section (12.66mm wide 9.17mm thick), with the concave sides of the blade below extending from it and flaring to an expanded curved cutting edge measuring 20.64mm in diameter. The blade measures 34.72mm in length, thickness decreases from 6.21mm at the collar to 1.21mm at the blade edge.
Similar to WILT-5D7742
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Richard Henry86.447West Knoyle3WILT-CDBAB77940721SSWM 4797IRON AGECHISELRestricted Accessfinds-7940721112.698WILT-CDB685Complete-1150x13992images/hazelf/1579129PAS577CDB6800150C42016-07-06T11:20:24ZCertainx1371216BRONZE AGECopper alloy41427BA1Circa13http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/BRONZE AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:13:20.713Z