File:Unfinished axe hammer (FindID 30011).jpg

English: Large complete but unfinished Early Bronze Age (c. 2500 ? 1450 BC) axe hammer. The implement has been made on a medium-grained carboniferous sandstone (a band of similar material can be found to the north of the findspot, stretching from St. Brides Bay to Saundersfoot). The axe hammer is large and heavy and has been roughly shaped giving the implement a somewhat irregular appearance as is usual with this implement type. The sides are gently convex in profile, establishing the artefact as a Roe?s (1979) Class I. The upper and lower faces may also be judged convex making the axe hammer deeper at the mid point near the partial perforation and further classifying the piece as a Class I a/b (ibid.). The blade end is rounded and the hammer end is sub-rectangular. The partial perforation is circular and conical on both faces. It has been noted (Savory 1980) that these implements have a distribution in Wales with a north west and south west Wales bias and because of their large and heavy nature have been interpreted as mining or agricultural tools (ibid.).