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File:Early Bronze Age Developed Flat Axehead (Arreton Down Type) (FindID 441752).jpg
The surfaces are heavily pitted and corroded and seem to be stable. There is no visible evidence of decoration, casting seams, fettling or hammering. The break at the end of the butt may be old.
This axehead is an Arreton Down type dated to Early Bronze Age III, of metalworking stage V, which corresponds to Needham's (1996) Period 3, c. 2000-c. 1700 BC.

Length: 87.3mm; width: 46.8mm; thickness: 12.4mm. Weight: 108.79g.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Isle of Wight Date between 2000 BC and 1700 BC Accession number
FindID: 441752
Old ref: IOW-ADA318
Filename: IOW2011-2-183.JPG
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