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Description: | Almost complete polished flint axe. Mid grey flint with lighter grey patches. Heavy, thick low gloss patination, colouring to orangey brown and cream. Elongate, tapering form. The axe is thickest about two thirds of the way along the length nearest the cutting edge Oval profile which has flattened ends where the sides of the axe have been squared off. Tapered, round-ended butt. Flared cutting edge with some original sharpened edge remaining. Clear longitudinal polishing striations. Some areas of modern damage mainly affecting the butt and cutting edge. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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