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Neolithic stone axehead
Pointed butt type; pointed oval in section. Ground, but only the blade has been polished.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
26.385
Find Information
Site Name: Talygarn, Pontyclun
Collection Method: surface find
Notes: Found approximately 2 feet below the surface about 300 yards from Talygarn Homes for the Miners entrance gate, whilst working on a roadhedge on the road between Llantrisant and Cowbridge.
Acquisition
Donation, 22/9/1926
Measurements
length / mm:570.0
width / mm:116.0
thickness / mm:60.0
Material
quartz dolerite
Petrological group: XXIIIb
Location
In store
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