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Early Bronze Age bronze flat axe
With thin, narrow, rounded butt, splayed blade and median thickening. Traces of concentric arc decoration are visible on one face just below the central thickening.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
77.8H/3
Find Information
Site Name: Gwynedd (formerly Caernarfonshire), North Wales
Notes: Probably. Reported to be from either Snowdonia or ‘Dunawd Fort’, 1.2 km NE of Criccieth, Caernarvonshire (Hemp 1924).
Acquisition
Purchase, 15/2/1977
Measurements
length / mm:207
width / mm:93
thickness / mm:15
weight / g:665
Material
bronze
Northover's composition group: B3
Location
In store
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