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Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe
Looped South Wales type, with flattened oval mouth and four parallel ribs descending from the coarse lip-moulding. Projecting cornice at socket mouth.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
47.26/1
Find Information
Site Name: Penwyllt, Ystradgynlais
Date: 1886
Notes: Found just below ground surface by the side of a large boulder on the mountain above Penwyllt in the general area of the coordinates stated.
Acquisition
Bequest, 21/1/1947
Measurements
length / mm:104.0
width / mm:52.5 (of blade)
external diameter / mm:49.5 x 43.5*
diameter / mm
weight / g:290.0
internal diameter / mm:40.0 x 32.0*
diameter / mm
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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