Pair of Middle Bronze Age axe heads

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Pair of Middle Bronze Age ribbed palstaves c 1500 BC, one as side view to show profile. Casting ridge is obvious along middle of side, indicating a two-part mould was used. Found with a metal detector near Dover, England. The Bronze Age 'Dover Boat', discovered a few miles away, was very roughly contemporary.

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Size: 4802px × 3567px
Location: Dover, Kent, England
Photo credit: © Nearby / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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