Collections Online
Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Advanced Search
Early Iron Age bronze socketed axe
Small mouth and loop fragment. The mouth moulding is long, the upper mouth moulding pronounced, whilst the feint lower mouth moulding is parallel with the insertion of the upper loop arm. The mouth has curved edges. (could be a South-Eastern Type socketed axe rather than of Sompting Type).
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2005.4H/1.48
Find Information
Site Name: Llanmaes, Llantwit Major
Collection Method: metal detector
Date: 2003
Acquisition
Purchase, 18/2/2005
Measurements
length / mm:37.1
width / mm:22.5
weight / g:21.7 (before cleaning)
Material
bronze
Techniques
cast
Location
In store
Comments are currently unavailable. We apologise for the inconvenience.