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Early Bronze Age stone axe hammer
Both ends of the axe-hammer are blunted but one is thinner in plan and more expanded in side view than the other. The hour-glass perforation is approximately at the middle.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
25.71A/1
Find Information
Site Name: Foel Cairn, Garthbeibo
Grid Reference: SH 988 112
Collection Method: excavation
Notes: Found, together with items 25.71A/2-4, with the primary cremation burial, probably of a boy aged approximately nine, in a cist in the barrow.
Measurements
maximum length / mm:98.5
length / mm
length / mm:50.5*
width / mm:23.5*
weight / g:293.5
diameter / mm:23.0 x 11.0**
Material
picrite
Petrological group: XII
Location
In store
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