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Record ID: KENT3971
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Tip of polished flint axe. Break is fairly well weathered. Polished surfaces slightly facetted, showing working edge, which is very blunt, with small chips on it.
Created on: Wednesday 5th December 2001
Last updated: Wednesday 7th August 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT3402
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A complete and largely undamaged polished stone axehead, with a maximum length of 110mm. The polished oblique cutting edge has a width of 57mm.The sides of the axe taper to a narrow butt, which shows some evidence of battering through use. In profile the axehead is somewhat asymmetrical, with a maximum thickness of 36mm. Particularly notable is a thin dark vein that runs diagonally through the matrix of the natural rock. The rock has been identified as a low grade metamorphosed dolerite or gabbro.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENT OFFHAM', grid reference and parish protected.