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Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe
With a broken loop, oval mouth, a prominent convex mouth-moulding, a weak moulding on a level with the top of the loop, three divergent ribs with terminal pellets and corresponding pellets in the angles.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
12.11/4
Find Information
Site Name: Llyn Fawr, Rhigos
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1911
Notes: found in a small area on the east side of Llyn Fawr lying in peat on the bed of the lake, which was at that time being cleared to facilitate the completion of a reservoir.
Acquisition
Donation, 31/1/1912
Measurements
length / mm:102.5
external diameter / mm:40.0 x 34.0 (socket)
diameter / mm
width / mm:46.0 (of blade)
weight / g:216.3
internal diameter / mm:29.0 x 24.0 (socket)
diameter / mm
Techniques
cast
Material
copper alloy
Northover's composition group: T3
Location
In store
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