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Early Bronze Age stone battle axe
With flat faces, the sides being raised above the level of these faces to form a beaded or rounded edging, and an hour-glass perforation towards the rounded butt. The implement increases in thickness towards the edge. The butt is damaged.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
15.138/1
Find Information
Notes: exact find location not determined, but would appear to be within the parish of Carno; either the village of Carno, or Caersws.
Acquisition
donation, 1/6/1915
Measurements
Length
(mm): 152.0
maximum width
(mm): 58.5
maximum thickness
(mm): 40.5
diameter
(mm): 27.0 *
Weight
(g): 624.8
Material
Diorite
Petrological group: XXIIIb
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