An incomplete polished stone axehead of Neolithic date (3500 BC - 2100 BC). The axehead has been made from a pebble of local stone, greyish green in colour. It is sub-triangular in plan and in side view it is pointed at the top and rounded at the bottom. It has a chip at each corner of the cutting edge on both faces. These appear to be recent breaks. Old breaks are situated on each face of the butt. These breaks have overlying striations have may have been created by an attempt to smooth the breaks. Alternatively, the striations may represent a secondary use of the implement. The identification of the artifact has been confirmed by Gill Varndell of the British Museum. Jamie Lund of the National Trust is of the opinion that the axehead is made of Coniston green slate (pers. comm. 15\/11\/2009). 82.6 x 64.6 x 23.6mm. Weight: 178.75g. Thanks are extended to Vicky Slowe, Curator of the Ruskin Museum for her assitance with the recoding of this implement.<\/p>\n
Donated by the finder to the Ruskin Museum.<\/p>","notes":"
The axehead appears to be a local stone although its petrological origin has not been confirmed by a geologist. The findspot, on the summit of Wetherlam, lies approximately 5.0km from the Langdale axe factories where Neolithic axeheads were manufactured. However, these implements were exported from the area as rough-outs whereas this implement has been polished. It is quite possible that the axehead has been transported to the find-spot from some distance away, since walkers sometimes retain interesting 'stones' and place them on significant cairns.<\/p>","old_findID":"IOW-78EFA7","id":"270626","objecttype":"AXEHEAD","classification":null,"subclass":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2009-10-03 19:10:17","broadperiod":"NEOLITHIC","updated":"2012-02-12 18:05:32","treasureID":null,"secwfstage":"3","secuid":"0014AC7938901BCC","findofnote":"1","objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"2009-07-08","datefound2":null,"createdBy":"99","curr_loc":"Ruskin Museum","inscription":null,"reason":null,"subsequentAction":"Donated to a museum"}],"record":[{"id":"270626","old_findID":"IOW-78EFA7","uniqueID":"0014AC7938901BCC","objecttype":"AXEHEAD","classification":null,"subclass":null,"length":"82.6","height":null,"width":"64.6","thickness":"23.6","diameter":null,"quantity":"1","other_ref":"IOW2009-16","treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"NEOLITHIC","numdate1":"-3500","numdate2":"-2100","description":"
An incomplete polished stone axehead of Neolithic date (3500 BC - 2100 BC). The axehead has been made from a pebble of local stone, greyish green in colour. It is sub-triangular in plan and in side view it is pointed at the top and rounded at the bottom. It has a chip at each corner of the cutting edge on both faces. These appear to be recent breaks. Old breaks are situated on each face of the butt. These breaks have overlying striations have may have been created by an attempt to smooth the breaks. Alternatively, the striations may represent a secondary use of the implement. The identification of the artifact has been confirmed by Gill Varndell of the British Museum. Jamie Lund of the National Trust is of the opinion that the axehead is made of Coniston green slate (pers. comm. 15\/11\/2009). 82.6 x 64.6 x 23.6mm. Weight: 178.75g. Thanks are extended to Vicky Slowe, Curator of the Ruskin Museum for her assitance with the recoding of this implement.<\/p>\n
Donated by the finder to the Ruskin Museum.<\/p>","notes":"
The axehead appears to be a local stone although its petrological origin has not been confirmed by a geologist. The findspot, on the summit of Wetherlam, lies approximately 5.0km from the Langdale axe factories where Neolithic axeheads were manufactured. However, these implements were exported from the area as rough-outs whereas this implement has been polished. It is quite possible that the axehead has been transported to the find-spot from some distance away, since walkers sometimes retain interesting 'stones' and place them on significant cairns.<\/p>","reuse":null,"created":"2009-10-03 19:10:17","updated":"2012-02-12 18:05:32","secwfstage":"3","findofnote":"1","objecttypecert":"1","datefound1":"2009-07-08","datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":"Found during a recreational walk","museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"2","objectCertainty":"1","dateFromCertainty":null,"dateToCertainty":null,"dateFoundFromCertainty":null,"dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":"1","subPeriodTo":"3","reason":null,"username":"fbasford","fullname":"Frank Basford","institution":"IOW","usernameUpdate":"fbasford","fullnameUpdate":"Frank Basford","primaryMaterial":"Stone","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":null,"surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Incomplete","preservation":null,"cert":"Certain","periodFrom":"NEOLITHIC","periodTo":"NEOLITHIC","culture":null,"discmethod":"Other chance find","finder":null,"identifier":"Mr Frank Basford","secondaryIdentifier":null,"recorder":"Mr Frank Basford","county":"CUMBRIA","parish":"CONISTON","district":"SOUTH LAKELAND","easting":null,"northing":null,"gridref":null,"fourFigure":"NY2801","map25k":"NY3250","map10k":"NY20SE","address":null,"postcode":null,"findspotdescription":null,"lat":null,"lon":null,"knownas":null,"source":null,"obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"die_axis_name":null,"category":null,"type":null,"emperorID":null,"mintid":null,"reverseType":null,"i":"223209","f":"IOW2009-16.JPG","imagedir":"images\/fbasford\/"}]}