The Portable Antiquities Scheme
ROMAN AXE
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A miniature socketed axe, probably of Roman date. The axe is incomplete and has a pierced projection which is also incomplete. The base of the socket survivesReference: Robinson 1995, Wiltshire Archaeology Magazine 88, p.60-68. Robinson dates the majority of the miniature axeheads to the Roman period, some being from Late Roman contexts. However some are known too from the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age.
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