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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