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Bronze Axes

Bronze Axes 1867
Title Bronze Axes
Date 1867
Location Rawdon
Photo ID JH009
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This photograph was originally taken on a 35mm slide and has been digitally transferred for us by John Hobson.

Three bronze axes which were discovered in Cragg Wood in 1867.

They were found under a large stone when building work had begun to construct the house called Cragg Royd on Woodlands Drive, they are believed to date back to around 2000 BC. They are now kept in the Manor House Museum, Ilkley.

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Consolidated by Jack Brayshaw. 16 February 2021.
Last updated: 15 October 2022 – Image updated.

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