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POLISHED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: NLM2749
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Stone axe head, Langdale Group 6. Slightly speckled cream coloured stone.
Notes:
Checked following Sophie Catley. Identification changed from 'Axe' to 'Polished Axehead'. Class' added: 'Group 6'. Dating amended and completed: from 'Neolithic 3000BC - ' to 'Neolithic 3500-2350BC'.
Class: Group 6
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.4 mm
Width: 110.7 mm
Thickness: 27.8 mm
Weight: 153.66 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd November 1998
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM1354
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: EAST LINDSEY
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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