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POLISHED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: DOR-8C1E05
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A polished flint axe. It has a lenticular cross section with slightly rounded edges. The cutting edge has suffered some post-depositional damage and is gently convex and slightly flattened. The axe has been polished over parts of the surface, but several sharp-edged flaking scars remain particularly towards the lateral margins. There is some probable re-working along the tapered butt. This is quite crude and the edges have been pecked and blunted. It has been made using a very pale grey flint which has patinated to an off-white with lines of orange iron staining Date: Neolithic - 3500 to 2100 BC Dimensions: 130 mm x 85 mm x 63 mm Weight: 182 g
Class: Polished axe
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 130 mm
Width: 85 mm
Thickness: 63 mm
Weight: 182 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 21st February 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
Parish or ward: Milborne St. Andrew (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SY7997
Four figure Latitude: 50.77219857
Four figure longitude: -2.29917671
1:25K map: SY7997
1:10K map: SY77SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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