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TRANCHET AXEHEAD
Unique ID: SWYOR-CDB8E1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A flint tranchet axehead or pick of Mesolithic date, about 9000 BC - 4000 BC. It is formed on opaque yellow grey flint. It is sub-rectangular in plan with one rounded end and slightly convex sides. It is a thick oval in section. Both sides are covered with large flaked removals, leaving no cortex. A fresh notch in the working end is probably later damage. The proximal end is an oblique, lozenge shaped platform. The pick is 129.2mm long, 34.8mm wide and 28mm thick. 139g. Edge dmage shows that the pick was used, but this sort of tool is also found deposited in graves (Jason Dodds, pers. comm. 2/12/14).
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
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: 129.2 mm
Width: 34.8 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight: 139 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Thursday 11th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2369
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Grainthorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF3896
Four figure Latitude: 53.44270918
Four figure longitude: 0.0762315
1:25K map: TF3896
1:10K map: TF39NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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