Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe
Looped South Wales type, with sub-rectangular mouth and three converging ribs below the lip. Projecting cornice at socket mouth.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
47.26/4
Find Information
Site Name: Penwyllt, Ystradgynlais
Date: 1886
Notes: Found just below ground surface by the side of a large boulder on the mountain above Penwyllt in the general area of the coordinates stated.
Acquisition
Bequest, 21/1/1947
Measurements
(): length / mm:92.0
(): width / mm:49.0 (of blade)
(): weight / g:24.7
(): external diameter / mm:50.0 x 38.0*
(): diameter / mm
(): internal diameter / mm:37.5 x 28.5*
(): diameter / mm
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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