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Description: | Incomplete ground and polished stone axehead of Neolithic date. The rounded narrowed butt and mid-section of the axe survive with the remaining mid-section and cutting edge lost due to an old break. The axe is a tapered rectangle in plan, flaring outwards towards the, now missing, cutting edge, and is a pointed oval in cross-section, both side-to-side and, although truncated, also along its length. Both faces of the axe have chips, more invasively on one face, the weathering of these chips suggests various dates of occurence with some being relatively recent based on the sharpness of the edges. The stone is of fine-grained type and a pale beige-green colour, possibly of Lake District (Langdale, Cumbria) origin. Axes of this type are dated c. 3500 BC to 2100 BC.Additional Dimensions: The butt measures 32.4mm wide and 10.4mm thick.
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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