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Description: | A somewhat crudely and heavily flaked flint axehead, complete except for slight damage to the butt. Measuring 169mm in length, 72mm in maximum width, and 37mm in maximum thickness. It has all-over deep bifacial working. It is oval in form with a slightly tapered butt. It has a cortex cutting edge with squat, heavy flake scars- possibly resulting from use damage. It has a lenticular cross-section. It has a few recent surface scars probably due to plough damage, mainly affecting the high points on one face and the butt. A medium grey flint under mottled pale to medium brown/black staining can be seen. There is also traces of a slight flecked pale grey patination on one face. This axehead may possibly be unfinished; there is now a diagonal flaw visible on the bottom half of the axe, or it may possibly be a relatively crudely finished axehead with use damage to the blade. It was discovered near to another Neolithic axehead (see SMR HGH 023 and SF-8D6892).
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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