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Bronze Age bronze saw
Consisting of a narrow strip of copper alloy irregularly toothed along one edge, with one end rolled over to form a loop, the other containing a roughly circular hole (now broken) which at the time of its discovery held the bracelet (09.18/3.2).
Bronze saw, 1400-1275 BCE. Found at Priory Farm Cave, south-west Wales.
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Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
09.18/3.1
Find Information
Site Name: Priory Farm Cave, Monkton
Grid Reference: SM 90 SE
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1906-1907
Notes: Also see accession number 34.16 for an Upper Palaeolithic burin from the same excavation.
Measurements
maximum length / mm:166.0
length / mm
width / mm:17.0-21.0 (of blade)
thickness / mm:0.5-1.0
weight / g:27.8
width / mm:3.0-4.0 (of tooth)
depth / mm:1.0-2.0 (of tooth)
length / mm:141.0 (of blade)
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