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Neolithic stone axehead
Pointed butt type; plump oval in section. Ground and polished near the blade.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
56.440/2
Find Information
Site Name: St Cyres, Penarth
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1956
Notes: Found lying close to 56.440/1 on a heap of earth recently moved by a mechanical excavator during construction of the School for Spastic Children. Assumed to have been lying close together before being disturbed and can thus be regarded as being a hoard.
Acquisition
Purchase, 25/10/1956
Measurements
length / mm:275.0
width / mm:94.1
thickness / mm:57.2
weight / g:2121.8
Material
quartz diorite
Location
In store
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