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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: DOR-369E04
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
An incomplete ground greenstone axehead. A triangular axehead with flattened sides. The cutting edge is convex and slightly offcentre. The axehead tapers to the broken butt. One face remains convex, the other has been damaged. The cross section is sub-lenticular. The surface has been pecked and ground and is slightly pitted as a result of weathering. The origin is uncertain, but it is possible that it originated on Cornnwall or South Wales.
Date: Neolithic - 4000 - 2300 BC
Dimensions: 84.03 mm x 36.38 mm x 22.41 mm
Weight: 155.76 g
Class: Ground
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 2300 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 84.03 mm
Width: 36.38 mm
Thickness: 22.41 mm
Weight: 155.76 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 017274
Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: West Dorset (District)
To be known as: Owermoigne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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