Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe
Looped, with plain faces and a slightly defined collar around the mouth of the socket.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
20.528/2
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 20.528/1 in the NMW collections, there is no information as to what befell the other items.
Acquisition
Donation, 21/12/1921
Measurements
(): length / mm:62.0
(): width / mm:43.0 (of blade)
(): external diameter / mm:30.0 x 25.5*
(): diameter / mm
(): internal diameter / mm:23.5 x 20.0*
(): diameter / mm
(): weight / g:82.2
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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