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Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe

Looped, with a projecting cornice at the mouth of the sub-rectangular socket and three slightly converging ribs on each face. One face is damaged, while the whole implement is fractured and bent.

Collection Area

Archaeology & Numismatics

Item Number

20.528/1

Find Information

Site Name: Church Farm, Llanddewi Rhydderch

Collection Method: surface find

Notes: Approximately a dozen copper alloy objects were found during ploughing, according to the 'Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies', Volume 1 (1922). Apart from this item and 20.528/2 in the NMW collections, there is no information as to what befell the other objects.

Measurements

length / mm:103.0
width / mm:53.5 (of blade)
external diameter / mm:49.5 x 40.5*
diameter / mm
internal diameter / mm:32.0 x 28.0*
diameter / mm
weight / g:241.9

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