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POLISHED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: NLM380
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Light grey green stone, strong smell of sulphur. Langdale Type 6.
Notes:
Checked by MF following Sophie Catley. Identification changed from 'Axe' to 'Polished axehead'; classification added: Group 6, following source record; drawing ref. added; locational note copied to spatial details.
Class: Group 6
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: 4000 BC
Date to: 2200 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 248 mm
Width: 83 mm
Thickness: 52 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 29th August 1998
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLPS431 nlm00431
Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
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