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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.
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
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