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Description: | 1: Nearly complete , blade edge is missing, partially polished flint axehead of Neolithic date. The polish is restricted to high areas, the blade area and the long sides. Numerous flake scars remain and there is a relatively square butt. The break at the blade end exposes a pale grey flint but elsewhere the flint is stained pale to dark reddish-brown. It measures 140mm in length, 75mm in width, and 36mm in thickness, it is 462g in weight.
2: A nearly complete, most of blade missing, partially polished flint axehead of Neolithic date. There is fairly extensive polish including squared long sides though some flake scars survive, particulary at the butt end. The larger flake scars on the sides are crude later retouch together with some recent possibly plough damage. The most severe ploughd damage at the blade end exposes a pale grey flint, elsewhere it is stained pale to medium browns. It is 146mm in length, 66mm in width, 30.5mm in thickness and 331g in weight. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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