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Description: | An incomplete Iron Age of uncertain date. Half of the socket and the butt end are missing due to old breaks, the remainder of the object complete but with extensive corrosive iron products and encrustation. It is triangular in form and section with flat front face and down-curving rear face. The cutting edge is almost vertical, curving slightly towards its base. The remains of a circular or oval eye are visible at the butt end, which is rectangular in section, but the precise form of this end of the axe is uncertain due to its preservation. This axe measures 115.27mm in surviving length, 29.85mm in width at butt end, 34.29mm in height at butt end, 64.36mm in height at blade end, and weighs 349g.This is an incomplete iron axe of uncertain date. Potential parallels might be seen in Roman examples, notably Manning's Type 2 axes (Manning, 1985: pp. 15-16, Fig. 3, pl. 7 nos. B2-B3) which typically have a straight front face and swept back rear face. The current example is underweight for comparable Roman examples, but given its state of preservation it is uncertain precisely how much of the axe is now missing due to old breaks. Parallels may also be seen in axes of Medieval and later date (e.g. Medieval axes in LMMC: pp. 55-57, Type 1). As a result it is difficult to assign a close date range to the axe, which may potentially belong to any period from the Roman onwards.
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