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Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe
Complete bronze faceted and socketed axe of Type Gillespie
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2013.14H/1
Find Information
Site Name: Treuddyn, Flintshire
Collection Method: metal detector
Date: 2011 / Nov / 28
Notes: National Grid Reference to be treated as confidential. Found while metal detecting on a field under pasture on 28/11/11. The artefacts were found in a peaty, boggy area, at an approximate depth of 15cm. The tin hook or handle was found around 18cm distant from the axe in the same detector pit, and at a level slightly shallower than the axe.
Measurements
length / mm:91.2
width / mm:43.6 (of blade)
weight / g:183.9
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