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Early Bronze Age bronze flanged axe
With cast flanges, widely splayed blade and flat butt. There is a cross-bar, a semi-circular mouilding, which links the lower ends of the flanges, and a diagonal tooling on the flanges. Recent cleaning has given the implement a polished golden surface.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
41.109/5
Find Information
Site Name: Gwynedd (formerly Caernarfonshire), North Wales
Notes: Catalogue entry says; 'found near Caernarfon'. (exact site not known)
Measurements
length / mm:137.0
width / mm:83.5 (of blade)
maximum thickness / mm:13.5
thickness / mm
weight / g:416.2
width / mm:25.5 (of butt)
maximum width / mm:24.0 (of flange)
width / mm
height / mm:4.0 (of bar stop)
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