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Description: | A Neolithic stone axe, dating from circa 3500-2100BC. The axe was made by grinding the stone, and is tear drop shaped, with a pointed butt. It is made from a fine grained stone with few inclusions apart from very occasional and small pieces of mica. The surface of the axe is cream coloured, but all the chips reveal a pronounced red colour. The texture of the stone is smooth. It is 119.9mm long, 64.1mm wide and 25.9mm thick. It weighs 265gm. Manby notes that most stone axes in Britain come from Yorkshire. Most of the stone used comes from Cumbria and the Peak District and is igneous, but this example does not look like the tuff and greenstone examples.
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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