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Early Iron Age bronze socketed axe
Small mouth face fragment. Curved on one side indicating face edge. Pronounced collar with feint lower mouth moulding. Curved, rather than rectangular and angular mouth shape. No ribs, pellets or roundels and no facets visible. (Not Armorican Type but could be South-Eastern type instead of Sompting Type).
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2005.4H/1.45
Find Information
Site Name: Llanmaes, Llantwit Major
Collection Method: metal detector
Date: 2003
Acquisition
Purchase, 18/2/2005
Measurements
length / mm:37.5
width / mm:25.4
thickness / mm:37.5
weight / g:18.1
Material
bronze
Techniques
cast
Location
In store
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