File:Bronze Age socketed axehead (fragment) (FindID 726485).jpg

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Bronze Age socketed axehead (fragment)
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St. Albans District Council, Julian Watters, 2015-06-10 15:03:52
Title
Bronze Age socketed axehead (fragment)
Description
English: A fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead.

The surviving piece represents the lower part of the implement and is sub-trapezoidal in plan, its concave sides flaring towards a rounded cutting edge. The socket is of rectangular cross section and, like the axehead itself, gradually declines in thickness, towards the bottom. The two narrower surfaces display possible traces of a vertical casting seam. A brownish-green patina is broken by occasional patches of corrosion and by some relatively modern scratches.

Width: 37.3mm; length: 24.6mm; thickness (top): 12.9mm. Weight: 26.92g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Hertfordshire
Date between 1150 BC and 800 BC
Accession number
FindID: 726485
Old ref: BH-84336C
Filename: BA_axe_15_41_10.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/520818
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/520818/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/726485
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Attribution: St. Albans District Council
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