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AXEHEAD ROUGHOUT
Unique ID: NLM-F7D023
Object type certainty: Possibly
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status: Awaiting validation 
Grey-green stone possible polished axe roughout. An oval pebble of biconvex lentoid section with opposed curving edges, one more regular than the other, and with a rough and uneven surface. The finder kindly suggests this to be a possible Neolithic polished axe head fragment, though the rough surface would be more likely on a later stone 'battle axe' or maul. The form and profile are, however, reminiscent of a polished axe head. This stone might have been recovered from glacial Drift rather than from one or other of the attested sources of polished axes. Associated worked flints were mainly of Mesolithic date. Suggested date: Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, 4000-1600 BC.
Length: 90.7mm, Height: 52.4mm, Thickness: 18.7mm, Weight: 112.12gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 90.7 mm
Height: 52.4 mm
Thickness: 18.7 mm
Weight: 112.12 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 11th September 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37509
Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Uncertain
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: Low Burnham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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