File:Bronze Age axehead-palstave (fragment) (FindID 513580).jpg

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Bronze Age axehead/palstave (fragment)
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2012-08-15 15:37:12
Title
Bronze Age axehead/palstave (fragment)
Description
English: A fragment of a Middle to Late Bronze Age copper-alloy axehead or palstave.

The surviving piece-the patination of the break indicates that the remainder was lost in antiquity-represents the lower part of the blade and the cutting edge. The blade is of sub-rectangular section, a broad ridge extending vertically down the centre of both of its wider faces. The sides gradually flare towards the bottom, the angle widening at the cutting edge, the thickness of which gradually declines towards the bottom. The narrower two faces of the blade exhibit no traces of a casting seam, although the presence of a ridge on both sides indicates the use of a two-piece mould.

Dimensions: 43.4mm long, up to 49mm wide and 13.5mm thick. Weight: 96.74g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Bedford
Date between 1500 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 513580
Old ref: BH-E93B81
Filename: BA_axe_11_188_88.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/392564
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/392564/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/513580
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