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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
South Wales Type axe, looped, with projecting cornice at the mouth of the socket and three parallel ribs on each face. Finished with no casting flashes or runner stubs.
Site Name: Beaufort, Ebbw Valley
Notes: Found during quarrying for rond-metal on the steep slopes which form the eastern side of the Ebbw Valley, about 1500 yds. NW of St. Andrews Church, Beaufort, Mon., under the W of CWM CARNO on O.S 6 in. (1905 Ed.)Mon. XI NW. Part of a larger hoard including a palstave and further socketed axes which remain in private hands.
