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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: DENO-332523
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Incomplete and damaged ground and polished stone axehead of Neolithic date. The axe is a tapered sub-rectangle in plan, flaring outwards towards the rounded cutting edge, tapering towards the butt, and is a pointed oval in cross-section, bith lengthways and side to side. Both faces of the axe have chips which are more invasive along the edges, the weathering of these chips suggests various dates of occurence with some being relatively recent. 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 21mm wide and the cutting edge is 43.2mm wide.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 79.4 mm
Thickness: 18.8 mm
Weight: 75 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 1990 - Friday 31st December 1999
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E7705
Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Derbyshire (County)
District: Bolsover (District)
To be known as: Scarcliffe Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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