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Bronze Age: Palstave axe
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Berkshire Archaeology, David Williams, 2011-05-10 11:23:33
Title
Bronze Age: Palstave axe
Description
English: A complete Middle Bronze Age palstave. The axe displays hammering on its blade and has a shield-shaped hollow below its stop ridge.

The axe measures 104.24mm long and is 21.27mm wide. The blade is narrow and measures 25.44mm across. The distance from the apex to the inside of the stop is 41.87 and the maximum width of the septum is 6.16mm. The upper inside edges of the socket exhibit signs of polish caused by wear. The flashing on the long edges are trimmed and hammered flat. The apex is notched.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Windsor and Maidenhead
Date between 1500 BC and 1300 BC
Accession number
FindID: 441390
Old ref: SUR-910C71
Filename: DSCN1775.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/326804
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/326804/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/441390
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 2 December 2020)
Object location51° 33′ 32.04″ N, 0° 43′ 24.23″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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