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Late Bronze Age socketed awl
With two rivet-holes near the mouth
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
54.82/4
Find Information
Site Name: Pigeon's Cave, Great Ormes Head
Collection Method: chance find
Date: 1898
Notes: Hoard. Two gold lock-rings were found with a bronze palstave and a bronze socketed implement near the Pigeon’s Cave on the Great Orme in 1898. The hoard was supposedly found by two youths amongst the debris at the back of a large loose rock. The account of discovery is recorded by Savory (1958, 56-57) following a newspaper report from 1898 and the exact relationship of the hoard to Pigeon’s Cave is unclear. The Pigeon’s Cave is situated near the sea, and it is unlikely the hoard was associated with a burial.
Acquisition
Bequest, 29/3/1954
Measurements
length / mm:65.8
external diameter / mm:13.5 (of socket)
diameter / mm
internal diameter / mm:10.7 (of socket)
diameter / mm
weight / g:17.41
diameter / mm:3.5 (of peg hole)
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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