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AXEHEAD
Unique ID: LIN-0F6ACD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A small damaged possible polished flint axehead. The object is sub-rectangular in plan and pointed oval in section. The head of the axe flares to the cutting edge, which curves outwards. The cutting edge is damaged with c. 40 % remaining and there is also an abrupt transverse break across the butt end. There are scratches on the surface on both sides of the axehead. Invasive retouch can be seen on the surface on each side, along the edges and across the blade end. This may suggest that the axe was modified at some point and possibly reused. The flint is a mid-grey in colour with patches of black and lighter grey.
The original polished axehead would probably date to the Neolithic period (c. 4000-2550 BC), however the retouch and reuse could have occurred as late as the Bronze Age c. 4000-800 BC.
It measures 41.29 in length, from 41.89 mm (max) to 32.85 (butt end) mm in width, 17.94 in thickness and weighs 30.52 g.
Similar examples can be seen on the database as SF-42B8C0, SF-8DABF7 and SF-D7B835.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41.29 mm
Width: 41.89 mm
Thickness: 17.94 mm
Weight: 30.52 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Greetwell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0171
Four figure Latitude: 53.22645191
Four figure longitude: -0.48854202
1:25K map: TF0171
1:10K map: TF07SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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