Object: Socketed Axe
Period: Bronze Age
Collection: National Museum of Wales,47.33
Site: Wales,Glamorgan,Cardiff,Canton,Found during excavation of a shelter in 1940 at Thompson Av.,XLIII SW; 154, 154772,PW, No. 493
Parish: Cardiff
County: Cardiff
Country: Wales
Grid reference: XLIII SW; 154, 154772
Year of discovery: 1940
Length (mm): 78
Width (mm): (edge of blade) 44,(mouth of socket, external) 44
Thickness (mm): (mouth of sock.)(external) 35
Weight (g): 164
Patina: smooth, dark brown
Surface: Badly corroded on one face