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Neolithic flint axehead
Thin butted axehead; pointed oval in section, slightly flattened along the sides. The surface is polished almost throughout.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
56.440/1
Find Information
Site Name: St Cyres, Penarth
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1956
Notes: Found lying close to 56.440/2 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:269.0
width / mm:82.5
thickness / mm:45.5
weight / g:1231.1
Material
flint
Location
In store
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