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Early Bronze Age stone battle axe (replica)
With rounded butt, flat faces and convex sides; in side view the implement tapers slightly from the edge to the butt. The hour-glass perforation is slightly to the rear of the centre. The surfaces of the original are battered by use.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
36.274/1
Find Information
Site Name: Clap-yr-Arian, Llansantffraid-Cwmdeuddwr
Notes: the original was found at the centre of the cairn between two upright stones and is now in Brecknock Museum
Acquisition
Made in-house, 16/5/1936
Measurements
length / mm:163.0
maximum width / mm:57.0
width / mm
thickness / mm:39.0
width / mm:37.5 (of blade)
weight / g:250.1
Material
plaster
Location
In store
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