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Find Spot record MDR10565 - Bronze Axe, Allestree Park, Derby

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  • (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)

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Late Bronze Age socketed axe with loop; found in the area of Big Wood, Allestree Park, Derby, c.1978; metal detector. 87mm x 45mm; 210gm. (1) Late Bronze Age Socketed Axe. Found at Big Wood, Allestree Park, by Derek Holbrook of Derby, with the aid of a metal detector. Length 85mm; width 47mm. (2)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Digital data: Derby Museum Curators. Derby City Museum Database. p 177.
  • <2> Article in serial: Hughes, R. 'Some Unrecorded Prehistoric Tools from Derbyshire', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 119, pp 5-11. pp 6-7, Fig. 16.

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Grid reference SK 341 406 (point) (Approximate)
Civil Parish DERBY, DERBY, DERBYSHIRE

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Sep 22 2014 4:32PM

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