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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: LEIC-97EEE1
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Neolithic stone axehead, 139mm long, 50mm wide and 37mm thick. The object is complete and in good condition and weighs 374grams. The axe has a triangular form and an eliptical section and is made from a form of fine granite. The butt end tapers gently to a rouned apex and the whole surface is gently rounded. At one side of the blade there is a trace of a facet and the blade itself is intact and finely worked. Around the blade is considerable poloishing, slightly more on one surface than the other.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2351 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 139 mm
Width: 50 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight: 374 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: North West Leicestershire (District)
Parish or ward: Worthington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK4120
Four figure Latitude: 52.77603737
Four figure longitude: -1.39366154
1:25K map: SK4120
1:10K map: SK42SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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