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Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe
South-Eastern Type axe. Looped, with three parallel ribs on each face and a slight moulding around the mouth of the socket at the base of the loop. Brown patina on one face, green on the other.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
31.78/41.4
Find Information
Site Name: Christchurch, Monmouthshire
Collection Method: chance find
Notes: Found in cutting through St. Julian's Wood during reconstruction of the Newport-Caerleon road.
Acquisition
Donation, 19/2/1931
Measurements
length / mm:100.5
width / mm:40.4 (mouth)
width / mm:29.4 (socket)
width / mm:50 (blade)
depth / mm:40.1 (mouth)
depth / mm:29.5 (socket)
weight / g:237.4
Material
bronze
Techniques
cast
Location
currently on loan
Categories
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