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Bronze age Axe-Hammer
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Clywd-Powys Archaeological Trust, Rod Trevaskus, 2008-08-13 11:38:19
Title
Bronze age Axe-Hammer
Description
English: This is a (very) small early Bronze Age/late Neolithic perforated stone axe hammer. The axe is in the form of a ‘teardrop’ with a parallel profile. The perforation is ‘egg timer’ shape, opening from a central diameter of 13.5 mm to 20.7 mm at the outer surface.

The overall style is consistent with an early class 1 Axe Hammer from Roe’s ‘Typology of Stone Implements with Shafts’. However, whilst the profile fits, the size does not. This object is very small at just 7.32 cm long, the more typical axe hammer is double that and more.

This particular implement may then be ‘votive’ or perhaps even a ‘toy’. As in size and weight, it falls well short of the general class types. The material is beige quartz like with considerable chipping and scarring to the surface. That damage appears to be much later in date as it cuts through the aged surface of the object.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Powys
Date BRONZE AGE
Accession number
FindID: 228559
Old ref: CPAT-2B31A0
Filename: 2457-0004.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/184545
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/184545/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/228559
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Object location52° 28′ 41.88″ N, 3° 22′ 37.78″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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