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Description: | Stone, Volcanic Tufa (non-specialist identification by MF)Axe. One end of a polished stone axe, broken short of its mid-pointwuith a large chip spalled from the break in antiquity. Of oval section with a well-preserved cutting edge which bears two small chips. Though the colour is now brown overall this is probably staining from the sandy local soil. Small chips of recent damage reveal a grey-green colour suggesting this to be a Group 6 axe from Langdale Pike, Cumbria. Suggested date: Neolithic, 3500-2100 BC.Length: 49mm, Width: 47.7mm, Thickness: 23.6mm, Weight: 67.75gms.
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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