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Early Bronze Age bronze flanged axe
Low flanged axe of Class 4B (Type Aylesford)
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2014.17H/2
Find Information
Site Name: Nevern, Pembrokeshire
Collection Method: metal detector
Date: 2011/ Aug
Notes: The finders reported the flat axes as having been discovered near to the edge of a small field under rough pasture in the Community of Nevern, Pembrokeshire. Both finders each found an axe, within quick succession of each other and located approximately 5.5 feet or 1.65m apart and near to the western boundary of the field. The axes were reported as between 10-13inches (25-33cm) in depth beneath the surface. No change in soils and soil colour and character was observed by the finders in the sides of their detector pits on removing the flat axes from the ground.
Measurements
length / mm:129.3
width / mm:59.7
width / mm:26.0
maximum thickness / mm:12.5
thickness / mm
weight / g:240.5
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