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Description: | A damaged stone axe that dates from the Neolithic period. Both ends of the axe are broken and missing. The surviving centre part is oval in section and tapers along its length. It may have originally had facets along the sides. In some areas the surface is pitted and roughened, but the original smooth surface survives in other areas. The axe is 104.6mm long, 58.4mm wide and 31.7mm thick.
The axe was examined by Stuart Ogilvy who reports that the material is a medium to coarse grained plutonic igneous rock. It is probably dolerite but it is difficult to be certain without taking a thin section. The axe appears to have suffered a degree of alteration, perhaps from percolating water, which seems to have occurred after the deposition of the axe. It is not possible to suggest a provenance for the stone, but it is possible to say that it is not from Whin Sill in origin.
The technique of manufacture seems to fit into Manby??s category C; Pecking and grinding, and the shape fits into category 2; Broad-butted axes with thin profile. (Manby 1979). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Cooper, Amy - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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