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TRANCHET AXEHEAD

Unique ID: HAMP-61C800

Workflow status: Published Find published

Sub-rectangular flint tranchet adze or axe. Both surfaces bear many flake scars and ridges as well as numerous areas with rippling although one is not so heavily worked as the other. The flint is yellow/green in colour. A very nice example of the type.

Class: Flint

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: MESOLITHIC
Period from: MESOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 9000 BC
Date to: Circa 4000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 182.5 mm
Width: 50 mm
Weight: 392 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st May 2003

Personal details

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: North Moreton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU5689
Four figure Latitude: 51.59707
Four figure longitude: -1.192926
1:25K map: SU5689
1:10K map: SU58NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Recreational usage

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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