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Description: | Polished Neolithic axe head. The axe head is incomplete and has been heavily damaged although parts of the smooth polished surface remain intact. The butt of the axe head (where it would have been hafted) has some damage and may have been used as a tool itself at one stage. The blade end is also badly damaged with large pieces chipped away; none of the blade edge remains intact. The axe head has a slightly pointed oval section and is made from greenstone probably coming from the Great Langdale source in Cumbria. This Neolithic axe factory was in use from about 5,500 years ago and produced the raw material for the green-stone polished axes. Langdale axes are found throughout Britain. The axe head weighs 200.31g; the surviving measurements are 89.02mm in length, 53.81mm in width and 33.11mm in thickness. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -3500
-2500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Marshall | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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