IRON AGE AXE

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Cast copper alloy miniature axe dating from the late Iron Age through to the Roman period.It is a socketed type axe with a wide blade and a thin square neck measuring 11.12mm across. The socket is sub-square in section with moulding around the opening and a loop at the top. The moulding at the neck consists of one raised line close to the lip of the neck. The body and blade of the axe flare outward from the socket to a fan-shaped blade. The neck and side loop have been filled with corrosion which appears orangey in colour, possibly being iron.These miniature axes are emulating Bronze Age axe types and it is thought they have some kind of votive association in the late Iron Age- Roman period.