Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe

Looped South Wales type, with sub-rectangular projecting mouth and three converging ribs below the lip.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

47.26/5

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:92.5
width / mm:47.0 (of blade)
weight / g:311.7
external diameter / mm:50.5 x 43.0*
diameter / mm
internal diameter / mm:34.5 x 29.0*
diameter / mm

Material

copper alloy

Location

In store
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