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Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe
Looped; with three slightly converging or almost parallel ribs on each face and a rectangular socket. Roughly finished.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
31.78/41.2
Find Information
Site Name: Great Wood, St Fagans
Date: 1855
Notes: Found while quarrying in the wood during construction of the Great Western Railway. The socketed axes and spearhead under accession number 1897.187 are also part of this hoard.
Acquisition
Donation, 19/2/1931
Measurements
length / mm:123.5
width / mm:53.5 (of blade)
external diameter / mm:58.5 x 47.5*
diameter / mm
internal diameter / mm:37.0 x 32.1*
diameter / mm
weight / g:439.2
Material
copper alloy
Location
In store
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