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Bronze Age Palstave Axe
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Durham County Council, Emma Morris, 2012-01-23 10:24:16
Title
Bronze Age Palstave Axe
Description
English: A copper alloy Palstave axe dating to the Middle Bronze Age. The cutting edge curves slightly and the stop is slightly rounded and the side flanges are high. There is a casting seam along the centre of the sides of the blade and flange. The metal is mottled green and brown and is highly corroded. This is a Group I: Primary Shield Pattern type. The object weighs more than 200g and measures 118.27mm in length, 42.94mm in width and 29.42mm in thickness.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date between 1500 BC and 1150 BC
Accession number
FindID: 483303
Old ref: DUR-D33F77
Filename: Darren P Axe.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/365672
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/365672/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/483303
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Object location54° 07′ 45.84″ N, 1° 21′ 38.2″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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