Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe
A slender, looped axe with a plain body and a sub-oval socket. Round sectioned with a widely-spaced double moulding between the loop and the mouth. Fractured on the face opposite the loop.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
26.280/1
Find Information
Site Name: Liveoaks Farm, St Arvans
Date: 1926 / Mar
Notes: the hoard of seven axes was found 400 yards south-west of the farm
Acquisition
Donation, 7/7/1926
Measurements
length / mm:107.0
width / mm:44.0 (of blade)
external diameter / mm:33.5 x 32.0*
diameter / mm
weight / g:211.9
internal diameter / mm:23.0 x 21.0*
diameter / mm
Material
copper alloy
Northover's composition group: T
Location
In store
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