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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: ESS-3CD931
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Neolithic (circa 4000BC to 2500BC) polished stone axe head. The axe head measures 10.2cm in length, 2.8cm in thickness and 5.6cm in width at the blade end which tapers down to 2.5cm at the opposite end. The stone is a basic igneous rock which has been subjected to low grade metamorphism. Such rocks are common in Devon and Cornwall around the edges of the granite intrusions that form Dartmoor, Bodmin Moor and Lands End.
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Class: Polished
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 102 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Find recorded via email from Braintree Museum
Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Braintree (District)
Parish or ward: Black Notley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL7819
Four figure Latitude: 51.841229
Four figure longitude: 0.582437
1:25K map: TL7819
1:10K map: TL71NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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