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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: NARC-48336B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete Polished stone Axe of Neolithic date (3,550-2,100 BC). The lithic is a polished volcanic stone probably from the Langdale region. The lithic is sub-rectangular in plan, long and narrow with a slightly wider blade end and is bi-convex in section. Both the dorsal and ventral surfaces have multiple negative scars along one edge, most likely cause post-depositionally.
The stone is mid-green in colour.
Class: Langdale
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3350 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 78.48 mm
Width: 39.52 mm
Thickness: 21.31 mm
Weight: 85.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st November 1984
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Wellingborough (District)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP8970
Four figure Latitude: 52.32089511
Four figure longitude: -0.69565449
1:25K map: SP8970
1:10K map: SP87SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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