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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: PUBLIC-7483D0
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Polished axe flake of grey stone. Signs of use along edges.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Exactly 4500 BC
Date to: Exactly 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.8 mm
Width: 49.7 mm
Thickness: 7.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 13th November 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 74007 54
Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
District: North Somerset (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Wraxall and Failand (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST4974
Four figure Latitude: 51.46266268
Four figure longitude: -2.73550939
1:25K map: ST4974
1:10K map: ST47SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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