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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: LEIC-F1DCAF
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Neolithic polished stone Axe, dating to c. 3450 - 2350 BC. The lithic is a polished volcanic stone probably from the Langdale region. The tapered butt of the axe remains. The object is trapezoidal and lentoid in cross section. It has an off white creamy patina. The faces of the axe are heavily polished. The butt tapers from the break to a blunted point. The axehead terminates in a transverse break.
Length: 65 mm
Width: 47 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight: 64 g
The object is a Langdale polished Axehead, called such due to the source of the raw material the axehead is made of. The Langdale tuff's in the Lake District are soft, volcanic deposits and polished axe-heads from this source are found throughout the country.
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Class: Langdale
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3450 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 67 mm
Width: 46 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight: 64 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: Misterton with Walcote (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP5882
Four figure Latitude: 52.43290946
Four figure longitude: -1.1483316
1:25K map: SP5882
1:10K map: SP58SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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