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Bronze Age Axe Hammer
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Newcastle University, Emma Morris, 2011-11-04 12:15:20
Title
Bronze Age Axe Hammer
Description
English: A stone axe hammer dating to the Bronze Age.

The axe hammer is drop-shaped in plan and rectangular in section. The upper and lower faces are flat, while the side faces are convex. A circular perforation has been drilled through the centre of the widest part of the upper and lower faces. There are areas of 'pecking' on all sides of the object, and the object has also been ruoghly ground/polished. The stone is a light brown colour. The object measures 265mm in length and 83mm in width.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Northumberland
Date between 2500 BC and 1500 BC
Accession number
FindID: 470207
Old ref: NCL-3CF143
Filename: IMG_8423.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/353061
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/353061/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/470207
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Object location55° 09′ 07.56″ N, 1° 44′ 11.69″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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