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Late Bronze Age wood sample
Wooden haft fragment from socket of faceted axe.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2013.14H/2
Find Information
Site Name: Treuddyn, Flintshire
Collection Method: metal detector
Date: 2011 / Nov / 28
Notes: National Grid Reference to be treated as confidential. Found while metal detecting on a field under pasture on 28/11/11. The artefacts were found in a peaty, boggy area, at an approximate depth of 15cm. The tin hook or handle was found around 18cm distant from the axe in the same detector pit, and at a level slightly shallower than the axe.
Acquisition
Treasure (1996 Treasure Act), 8/10/2013
Measurements
length / mm:51.8
width / mm:24.0 at top end
weight / g:4.3 (dry)
Material
wood
Location
In store
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