Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe

Looped; with three slightly converging or almost parallel ribs on each face and a rectangular socket. Roughly finished.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

31.78/41.2

Find Information

Site Name: Great Wood, St Fagans

Date: 1855

Notes: Found while quarrying in the wood during construction of the Great Western Railway. The socketed axes and spearhead under accession number 1897.187 are also part of this hoard.

Acquisition

Donation, 19/2/1931

Measurements

length / mm:123.5
width / mm:53.5 (of blade)
external diameter / mm:58.5 x 47.5*
diameter / mm
internal diameter / mm:37.0 x 32.1*
diameter / mm
weight / g:439.2

Material

copper alloy

Location

In store
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