Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Neolithic stone axehead

Of pointed butt type, with part of the original wooden handle still attached. The axehead had been ground into shape and the blade polished.

Polished axe with part of wooden haft, about 3000 BC.

SC6.1

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

71.8H

Find Information

Site Name: Aberavon, Port Talbot

Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1970 / Jan

Notes: Found between the high and low water marks opposite the Afan Lido

Acquisition

purchase, 6/4/1971

Measurements

length / mm:172.0 (axe)
width / mm:70.0 (axe)
thickness / mm:40.0 (axe)
length / mm:210.0 (haft)
width / mm:110.0 (haft)
thickness / mm:40.0 (haft)
weight / g:1104.9

Material

Uralitized gabbro
Birch
Petrological group: I

Location

location verified by SI

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