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Neolithic stone axehead
Of pointed butt type, with part of the original wooden handle still attached. The axehead had been ground into shape and the blade polished.
Polished axe with part of wooden haft, about 3000 BC.
SC6.1
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
71.8H
Find Information
Site Name: Aberavon, Port Talbot
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1970 / Jan
Notes: Found between the high and low water marks opposite the Afan Lido
Acquisition
Purchase, 6/4/1971
Measurements
length / mm:172.0 (axe)
width / mm:70.0 (axe)
thickness / mm:40.0 (axe)
length / mm:210.0 (haft)
width / mm:110.0 (haft)
thickness / mm:40.0 (haft)
weight / g:1104.9
Material
uralitized gabbro
birch
Petrological group: I
Location
St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Knapping/Making Stone Axes
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