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Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe
Looped, with trumpet mouth and plain faces.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
25.59E/5
Find Information
Site Name: Caban Coch Common, Llansantffraid-Cwmdeuddwr
Notes: The hoard lay in a cavity covered by a large stone beneath a mass of rubble which had fallen from the precipitous valley-side and was being broken up for road metal. A "hone" (which may have been one valve of a bivalve mould) accompanying the bronzes was thrown away.
Measurements
length / mm:85
diameter / mm:29.5 x 29.5
weight / g:119.5
Material
bronze
Location
In store
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