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Monument Number 208153
Hob Uid: 208153
Location : Wiltshire Bradford-on-Avon
Grid Ref : ST8200060000
Summary : An Early Bronze Age flat bronze axe and a palstave from Bradford are both in Exeter Museum. It has been suggested that they may have been found together because both have similar pocked surfaces, although this is hardly the firmest of evidence.
More information : An E/MBA flat bronze axe and a loopless palstave from Bradford have similar pocked surfaces and are probably associable. They are in Exeter Musuem. (1)

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Source Number : 1
Source :
Source details : Grinsell, LV. Archaeological Gazetteer
Page(s) : 45
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find, Conjectural Evidence

Monument Period Name : Early Bronze Age
Display Date : Early Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -1600
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : PALSTAVE, HOARD
Object Material : Bronze

Period : Early Bronze Age
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : FLAT AXEHEAD
Object Material : Bronze

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 86 SW 18
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Monument Number 208153