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Roman iron axe
Iron socketed axe or cleaver, with triangular blade, and tapering open socket with a pyramid-headed nail at the base. The metal of the blade and soket showed wood and leather associations.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
67.514/9.208
Find Information
Site Name: Coygan Camp, Laugharne
Grid Reference: SN 284 092
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1965
Notes: Excavated by the above on behalf of the Ministry of Public Building and Works. From phase 5. Axe is virtually unstratified being found after the bulldozing of presumed midden deposits.
Acquisition
Donation, 15/11/1967
Measurements
weight / g:608.6
length / mm:123 (blade edge)
length / mm:123 (socket)
maximum diameter / mm:42 (socket)
diameter / mm
minimum diameter / mm:28 (socket)
diameter / mm
Material
iron
Techniques
wrought
Location
In store
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