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Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe
Three slightly diverging ribs with terminal pellets on each face, a prominent mouth moulding and a lesser moulding below this contiguous with the loop
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
12.11/1
Find Information
Site Name: Llyn Fawr, Rhigos
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1911
Notes: found in a small area on the east side of Llyn Fawr lying in peat on the bed of the lake, which was at that time being cleared to facilitate the completion of a reservoir.
Acquisition
Donation, 31/1/1912
Measurements
length / mm:126.5
width / mm:56.0 (of blade)
external diameter / mm:45.0 x 44.0 (socket)
diameter / mm
weight / g:436.4
internal diameter / mm:36.0 x 34.0 (socket)
diameter / mm
Material
copper alloy
Northover's composition group: T3
Techniques
cast
Location
In store
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