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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: ESS-C53507
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Complete late Neolithic polished flint axehead. The axe is sub-oval in plan and lenticular in section with a curved blade edge. It is made on dark brown flint with a striking, large, circular mid grey inclusion to one side and a smaller grey inclusion to the opposite. The bulb of percussion is not visible. The axe has been knapped with shallow flake removals. A deep flake removal to the butt end of one side may be subsequent damage. The blade edges are clearly retouched. The blade end is polished smooth and the cutting edge is still intact and sharp. The axe is 137.9mm long, 30.22mm wide at the butt end flaring to 56.56mm at the blade edge, 20.5mm thick and weighs 183.10g. It dates from 4000-2000 BC.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3300 BC
Date to: Circa 2400 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 137.9 mm
Width: 56.56 mm
Thickness: 20.5 mm
Weight: 183.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1967
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Chelmsford ID 4332
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Chelmsford (District)
To be known as: Little Baddow
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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