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early Bronze Age anvil stone
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Alex Whitlock, 2013-03-08 11:49:18
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early Bronze Age anvil stone
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English: Probably an early Bronze Age anvil stone dating to between c2100 and c1500 BC.. It reminiscent of the Early Bronze Age anvil stones from a smiths grave at Lunteren in the Netherlands; see <a href="http://1501bc.com/page/rijks_museum_oudheden/0214038.JPG">http://1501bc.com/page/rijks_museum_oudheden/0214038.JPG</a>. It is incredibly heavy for its size (too heavy for the finds scales) and shows evidence of continual impacts that appear deliberately placed. It is as likely that the anvil was used in the production of gold items, as well as copper alloy objects. The iron staining on the face of the stone is probably due to a close encounter with a plough at a much later date.

The length is 72mm, width 60mm, thickness 45mm.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Lancashire
Date between 2100 BC and 1500 BC
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FindID: 549153
Old ref: LANCUM-9CFBE3
Filename: anvil stone.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/419041
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/419041/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/549153
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