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Description: | Igneous Stone, finder suggests an origin in Coniston area of the Lake District, citing his personal knowledge of geological topics. The stone is pale grey green in colour, dense and vesicular with crystalline and micaceous inclusions. A more local origin as a glacial erratic is possible.Possible Axe head. Stone of lentoid section, slightly tapered; a chip on one side has subsequently been smoothed, though whether by human or natural agency is uncertain.The vesicular nature of the material would not seem as apt to the making of a polished axe head as the more familiar Langdale tuff. Nor is this reporter aware of a trade in axe blanks comparable with that in polished axes. However, unpolished axes, maces and axe hammers are a feature of Early Bronze Age activity, and like the Neolithic versions may equally have been charged with significance beyond their primary functions - which are also debated.Suggested date: Possibly Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, 3500-1500 BC.Length: 127mm, Width: 67mm, Thickness: 35mm, Weight: circa 500gms.
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