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Early Bronze Age bronze flanged axe
Long flanged axe Class 5Db, Type Arreton. Butt and mid-section of a slender bronze flanged axe with cast flanges. The sides are straight but slightly divergent. The butt is high-arched with a pinched tapering form in side view. The flanges are worn and rise 1.5mm above the septum. 47.5mm from the butt there is a median bevel on both faces.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2017.2H/2
Find Information
Site Name: Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan
Collection Method: metal detector
Date: 2014 - 2015
Notes: It is probable that these artefacts were deposited together as a hoard, being disturbed and dispersed in recent times due to farm cultivation.
Acquisition
Treasure (1996 Treasure Act), 14/3/2017
Measurements
length / mm:62
maximum width / mm:19.8
width / mm
maximum thickness / mm:13.4
thickness / mm
weight / g:79.7
Techniques
cast
Material
bronze
Location
In store
Categories
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