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Neolithic flint axehead
Pointed oval in section; thin butted with a lopsided blade. Ground and polished, but not sufficiently so as to remove entirely the hollows left by the rough hewing.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
18.152/1
Find Information
Site Name: Llangrwyne, Llangenni
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1860
Notes: Found near the Upper Paper MIll on the Grwyney River during alterations to the mill. Obtained by Rev. Augustus Brown, Vicar of Cathedyne, Bwlch, Breconshire, shortly after they were found in August of above year. Purchased by Mr J. S. Wilde at a sale of the goods of the late Rev. Brown, who died in November 1917. The exact date of this purchase is not known.
Acquisition
Purchase, 8/1918
Measurements
length / mm:140.8
width / mm:67.5
thickness / mm:38.3
weight / g:420.6
Material
flint
Location
In store
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