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POLISHED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: NLM-6057F2
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Published 
Green volcanic Tuff polished axehead. Elongated oval axehead of Group 6, from the Langdale Pikes, Cumbria. Of oval section with an aris where the sides meet, and achieving its maximum width at the ends of a crescentic cutting edge. About three chips on either side may represent damage in antiquity, and may have been exploited to assist the securing of hafting. Several chips occur along the cutting edge, the largest of which has been lightly smoothed indicating that this damage was incurred during the working life of the axe. Further small ancient chips appear towards the butt. The tip of the butt is lost at a recent break. Suggested date: Early Neolithic, 4000-2200 BC.
Length: 102mm, Width: 47mm, Thickness: 25.4mm, Weight: 156.54gms.
Class: Group 6
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 102 mm
Width: 47 mm
Thickness: 25.4 mm
Weight: 156.54 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM25365a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Springthorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8789
Four figure Latitude: 53.39068049
Four figure longitude: -0.69325938
1:25K map: SK8789
1:10K map: SK88NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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