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Description: | Flaked flint axe, or 'Hassocks Adze'. Roughly shaped from flint, the colour of which is hidden by recortication but likely to be opaque, mixed grey and bearing an area of cortex. Flattened D shaped section, the flat face extensively flaked. Cutting edge formed by the removal of large, semi-abrupt flakes. Some battering along the edges. This object resembles a Mesolithic 'Hassocks Adze' (Butler, 103, Fig. 42). Length 151mm, Width 61mm, Thickness 33mm, Mass 414.1g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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