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Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe
Socketed axe fragment. Unidentifiable to type.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2016.17H/4
Find Information
Site Name: Pentyrch, Cardiff
Collection Method: metal detector
Date: 2014
Notes: Discovered whilst metal detecting in an uncultivated, boggy field. Artefacts were found within 60-90cm of each other at a depth of 45-60cm. Within a clay layer beneath an upper dark soil layer.
Acquisition
Treasure (1996 Treasure Act), 27/7/2016
This haord was acquired with grant support provided by the SAVING TREASURES: TELLING STORIES project, funded via the Heritage Lottery Fund (Collecting Cultures programme).
Measurements
length / mm:59.3
maximum width / mm:37.8
width / mm
maximum thickness / mm:
thickness / mm
weight / g:65.2
Material
bronze
Location
In store
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