Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe
Looped, with a projecting cornice at the mouth of the sub-rectangular socket and three slightly converging ribs on each face. One face is damaged, while the whole implement is fractured and bent.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
20.528/1
Find Information
Site Name: Church Farm, Llanddewi Rhydderch
Collection Method: surface find
Notes: Approximately a dozen copper alloy objects were found during ploughing, according to the 'Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies', Volume 1 (1922). Apart from this item and 20.528/2 in the NMW collections, there is no information as to what befell the other objects.
Acquisition
Donation, 21/12/1921
Measurements
(): length / mm:103.0
(): width / mm:53.5 (of blade)
(): external diameter / mm:49.5 x 40.5*
(): diameter / mm
(): internal diameter / mm:32.0 x 28.0*
(): diameter / mm
(): weight / g:241.9
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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