Casgliadau Arlein
Amgueddfa Cymru
Chwilio Uwch
Late Bronze Age bronze socketed axe
South Wales Type axe, looped, with projecting cornice at the mouth of the socket and three parallel ribs on each face. Finished with no casting flashes or runner stubs.
Pwnc
Rhif yr Eitem
Gwybodaeth am y darganfyddiad
Enw'r Safle: Beaufort, Ebbw Valley
Nodiadau: Found during quarrying for rond-metal on the steep slopes which form the eastern side of the Ebbw Valley, about 1500 yds. NW of St. Andrews Church, Beaufort, Mon., under the W of CWM CARNO on O.S 6 in. (1905 Ed.)Mon. XI NW. Part of a larger hoard including a palstave and further socketed axes which remain in private hands.