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POLISHED AXEHEAD
Unique ID: NLM-ECE803
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Pale grey local flint of indifferent quality, as kindly identified by the finder; polished axe. A large oval section polished axehead with a curved cutting edge mostly lost to ancient [patinated, in two large flakes] and later impact damage, and tapering to a narrower butt which is similarly damaged, though with some indications of light battering in antiquity. The upper and lower sides of the axe are lightly flattened or facetted. The finder notes that brown lines scratched on the surface represent the action of the ploughshare which has upended and damaged the object in the course of bringing it to light. He kindly notes that polished axes have repeatedly been found in the vicinity, though this is the first in this material. His identification of the material as a local flint nodule is based on many years of local field-walking and collection. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC.
Length: 153mm, Width: 64.2mm, Thickness: 44.7mm, Weight: in excess of 500gms.
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 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 153 mm
Width: 64.2 mm
Thickness: 44.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 23rd November 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM34460
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Barnetby le Wold
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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