Rights Holder: Surrey County Council
CC License:

Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

AXE

Unique ID: SUR-2A22B3

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete Neolithic flint axe. The axe is long (131mm) and slender and is made from a cherty grey flint which has been heavily patinated white. The axe has extensive iron staining.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 131.4 mm
Width: 43.3 mm
Thickness: 23.81 mm

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Other reference numbers

Other reference: B17-190

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

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

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU6587
Four figure Latitude: 51.57812464
Four figure longitude: -1.06338082
1:25K map: SU6587
1:10K map: SU68NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: SUR-75DE50
Object type: AXE
Broadperiod: NEOLITHIC
A flint axe, possibly a roughout. The axe is long and slender and is made from a cherty flint. The axe has a white chalky patina.
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: HESH-C57A28
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broadperiod: NEOLITHIC
A complete, but damaged, knapped, ground and polished flint axehead of probable later Neolithic date (2900-2100 BC). The axe is knapped from …
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: HESH-438568
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broadperiod: NEOLITHIC
A complete knapped, ground and polished flint axehead of later Neolithic date (2900-2100 BC). The axe is knapped from a mid grey coloured fli…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Timeline of associated dates

Report a mistake

Audit data

Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 10 months ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.