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Description: | The butt end of a very large polished flint axehead. The original complete axehead appears to have had an all-over polish, with only slight traces of the original flake scars which are occasionally visible. The main break is, like the body, patinated a mottled white, pale brown and pale grey. This main break therefore appears to be ancient as do the other large secondary flake scars taken from the edges of the breaks. Therefore this is axehead has possibly been re-utilised as a core. There are also a few recent plough (?) marks and flake scars revealing a medium grey flint underneath the thick patina. The original complete axehead would have been manufactured in the Neolithic. The secondary reuse of the axe as a core is presumably also prehistoric, probably later Neolithic or Bronze Age.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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