Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Bronze Age bronze chisel

Plain, with a pointed tang without a stop (the slight notches along the sides are perhaps intended for binding for a handle), and an expanded edge.

Bronze chisel, 1400-1275 BCE. Found at Priory Farm Cave, south-west Wales.

SC2.3

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

09.18/2.1

Find Information

Site Name: Priory Farm Cave, Monkton

Grid Reference: SM 90 SE
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1906-1907

Notes: Also see accession number 34.16 for an Upper Palaeolithic burin from the same excavation.

Measurements

length / mm:98.0
width / mm:18.0 (of blade)
thickness / mm:3.5
weight / g:19.0
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