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Axehead
Unique ID: NMGW-DE9E23
Object type certainty: Certain
Butt fragment of a Neolithic stone axehead. The surface of the axe was ground or pecked, rather than polished. The axehead is made from an altered coarse dolorite, which is highly chloritic. The rock is likely to have originated from West Wales and is similar to sources which outcrop locally. The axehead has a pointed butt and rounded sides, which gently diverge. A little less than half of the original length survives. One of the faces shows evidence of damage through flaking, it is not clear whether this damage occurred in antiquity or more recently.
Notes:
The stone does not appear to correspond with the stone axe group types.
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 4000
Date to: Circa AD 2500
Dimensions and weight
Length: 96.3 mm
Width: 56.5 mm
Thickness: 41.5 mm
Weight: 313.5 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Ground/polished [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: Wales
County: Pembrokeshire
District: Pembrokeshire
Parish: Mathry
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SM9030
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source:
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2003
Personal details
Identified by: Mr Mark Lodwick - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Monday 16th June 2003
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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