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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: NLM774
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Neolithic stone axehead of Langdale Type 6.
Notes:
Checked by MF following Sophie Catley. Drawing ref. added.
Class: Langdale Type 6
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 89 mm
Width: 45.4 mm
Thickness: 23.8 mm
Weight: 135.75 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 13th May 1998
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLPS902 nlm00902
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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