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Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe
One of a Hoard of twenty one bronze tools, weapons and ingot fragments dating to the Ewart Park phase of the Late Bronze Age (1000-800 BC)
- South Wales Type socketed axe, bronze – complete (sword hilt shoulder fragment, No. 16 & probable ingot fragment No. 20 wedged in socket)
A complete bronze ribbed socketed axe of slender form and rectangular cross-section
with a slightly expanded blade with a moderately curved cutting edge. Sub-
rectangular shaped mouth with a prominent and everted mouth moulding with a high
placed loop emerging from the underside. Four-runners. Three longitudinal and
parallel ribs extending two thirds down the lengths of each face. Possibly burnt.
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Site Name: Crynant, Neath Port Talbot
Notes: Discovered on land under rough pasture. The three palstaves were reportedly found within 1.20-1.8m (4-6ft) of each other, each at depths of between 20-25cm (8-10 inches) below the ground surface.