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Description: | A large, almost complete Neolithic stone axe. The artefact is long, expanding very gradually from the rounded butt end to the curved blade end. The blade end itself is damaged through abrasions and some post-depositional losses. The butt end is also slightly abraded; otherwise the axe has a generally smooth, polished surface. The object is a variable brown colour with local irregular markings from the geology (as yet unidentified). It would appear to be some form of relatively fine-grained metamorphic rock with some micaceous inclusions. Both sides of the axe have a flattened finish. Despite this facetting the object is not fully symmetrical in plan. The axe is more symmetrical in profile, although again not fully, apart from the terminals where the abrasion mentioned above has taken place.
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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