Rights Holder: West Yorkshire Archaeology Service
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Unique ID: SWYOR-09FC11
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Neolithic stone axe which is 58.8mm long, 47mm wide and 18.2mm thick. It is made from a fine grained smooth stone which is brown on the surface but cream coloured where it is damaged. The butt of the axe is missing and the edges are damaged. In section it is a rounded oval shape and in plan it tapers from the curved cutting edge towards the butt. There are very narrow straight facets along the sides. This axe was probably made by grinding the stone and it probably fits into Manby's class B. It weighs 65.09g.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Quantity: 1
Length: 58.8 mm
Width: 47 mm
Thickness: 18.2 mm
Weight: 65.09 g
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2008 - Saturday 1st November 2008
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4 Figure: SK4095
Four figure Latitude: 53.4502501
Four figure longitude: -1.3991639
1:25K map: SK4095
1:10K map: SK49NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Manby, T.G. | 1979 | Typology, Materials, and Distribution of Flint and Stone Axes in Yorkshire (in) Stone Axe Studies | London | Council for British Archaeology |