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POLISHED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: NLM6276
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
flake off a stone axe. One face there is still the remains of the axe surface.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.8 mm
Width: 38.5 mm
Thickness: 4.3 mm
Weight: 10.13 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Fragment
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: BARNETBY LE WOLD
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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