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AXE
Unique ID: GLO-231993
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
~~A Neolithic ground and polished axehead. The implement has been extensively chipped and ground into a long elongated sub-rectangular shape in plan that tapers from the cutting edge to the butt which terminates in a rounded point. The blade on the forward edge has been ground into an asymmetrical crescent, this is also the only section to have been polished. The stone is a dark green with an extensive creamy mottling. The axe dates from between circa 3500 BC to 2100BC
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 109 mm
Width: 46 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight: 221 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 2nd December 2017 - Friday 1st June 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Stone
Manufacture method: Ground/polished
Completeness: Complete
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