Record ID: LEIC-BB85B7
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic polished stone axe, 99mm long, 64mm wide and 26mm thick with a weight of 202g. The axe is mostly complete, missing its hafted end, but has also sustained a lot of damage aroud its edges. It is sub rectangular in form and eliptical in cross section. It has a pronounced rounded step just before it drops down to form a blade on one face. It has no obvious facets and is a dark grey/brown, suggesting Charnwood slate.
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-FBCDFE
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic stone axe, 59mm long, 44mm at its widest point and 17mm thick with a weight of 102grams. The axe is incomplete and is made from Jadeitite. In plan one side is slightly convex while the other side is fairly straight, with slight facets. The blade is fairly straight and symmetrical and the body has traces fo polishing on each face. Following spectroradiometry by members of the project JADE team in France it was concluded that the axe belongged to the Chelles type and the source of the rock was Northern Italy. only around 120 Alpine axes have been found in Britain and Ire…
Created on: Monday 19th September 2016
Last updated: Thursday 4th May 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-FF904A
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic? flint handaxe, 74mm long, 53mm wide and 17mm thick with a weight of 68.35grams. The axe is Ovoid in form and oval in cross section. It is bi- facially worked with wide, shallow re-touch on both faces and a hint of fine re-touch along one edge (upper left of darker face as shown) it has some original surface surviving on the lower right (as shown) and has more re-cortication on one face.
Created on: Friday 26th August 2016
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-48C9DE
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished stone axe fragment, 51mm long, 44mm wide and 14mm thick with a weight of 37.47grams. The fragment represents part of the blade end of an axe, but is very damaged with little original surface remaining. It has part of the curved blade which merges into the adjoining facetted edge, which has a thin angular face butting up to the rounded surface. The axe appears to be Langdale slate (fine grained tuff), so it could be part of a group VI axe.
Created on: Thursday 12th May 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Record ID: LEIC-D68580
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic flint polished axe fragment, 77mm long, 52mm wide and 26mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a greyish internal patina and weighs 130grams.The object represents about half of a polished flint axe. The axe is quite damaged around its edges, but part of the blade is present.
Created on: Thursday 3rd October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 17th April 2014
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Record ID: LEIC-75A1E4
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished stone axehead, 78mm long, 49mm wide and 22mm thick. The axe is in fair condition, is almost complete and weighs 103grams. The axe head is triangular in form and sub rectangular in section. It has a bulging, rounded form with narrow straight sides. One face has a clear crescent shaped platform located along its width below the blade. The blade is intact and has a gently curving edge. The butt end has a few chips removed one one edge and there is a small chip near the blade on one side. The object is made from slate, probably Charnwood slate , given its grey/green col…
Created on: Friday 24th August 2012
Last updated: Thursday 22nd January 2015
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Record ID: LEIC-67DC63
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint axe, 121mm long, 47mm wide and 26mm thick. The axe is in fair condition with some damage to each end and weighs 179 grams. The axe is made from a greyish beige flint and has been polished all over its surface. It is sub rectangular in form and section and has flat edges. It expands gently in width and depth towards the steeply curved blade, which is mostly missing. It is also missing its butt end.
Created on: Monday 30th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2017
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Record ID: LEIC-FCC9B7
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Neolithic polished stone axe, consisting of about two-thirds of a whole axe, but missing its blade end, suggesting it was broken while in use. The axe is probably of Langdale (or Charnwood?) slate and has a pale green/grey colouring with a diagonal white stripe near the rounded butt. It has irregular faceted edges with one surface having a flattened irregular shaped area. The fragment is 85mm long, 44mm wide and 26mm thick. It is in good condition and weighs 114g.
Created on: Saturday 21st August 2010
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-7E0B08
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic flint hand axe, 95mm long, 47mm wide and 26mm thick. The flint is in fair condition with a beige/white patina and weighs 138grams. The axe has unusual parallel sides and appears to be damaged and unfinished.
Created on: Monday 11th May 2009
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-DABC06
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic stone axe, 68mm long, 40mm wide and 20mm thick. The axe is in a fair condition with a dark grey patina and weighs 55.61grams. It is chipped in several places and is missing most of its blade on one side. Where it is chipped it is a pinkish colour. The blade is quite flat and the axe tapers in width from the baldes edge, terminating in a rounded tip C.10mm wide.
Created on: Tuesday 7th March 2006
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
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Record ID: LEIC-979C26
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic stone axe, 200mm long, 57mm wide and 37mm thick. The axe appears to be made from Charnwood tuff and has a pale buff/green colour. It is in fair condition, having sustained damage to one side. The axe has a different form on each side with one surface curving gently and the other rising steeply to give an almost triangular section. Its edges have a very shallow curve and its blade end is very rounded.
Created on: Friday 9th December 2005
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-BD2210
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Neolithic stone axe, 110mm long and 55mm wide. The axe is in fair condition with patches of damage and has a grey/brown patina. The axe has faceted sides c. 10mm wide at each side. The blade has been damaged and most is missing. The surface is very finely polished and its narrow end, which has some damage, is polished to a fine point. The axe is made of Volcanic Tuff, probably from Charnwood in Leicestershire or Langdale in Cumbria.
Created on: Friday 24th June 2005
Last updated: Monday 1st March 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-4937F2
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic flint axe, 135mm long and 48mm wide. The object is made of milky grey flint, has a very thick section and is roughly worked, suggesting it has not been finished.
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2005
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-489F36
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible Neolithic stone axe from Pembrokeshire, 74mm long, 76 to 53mm wide with a weight of 86grams. The axe is quite short with a flared blade. The axe is diamond shape in section with a ridge 40mm in from the blade edge, giving it quite a small fixing surface.
Created on: Friday 12th November 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-5A9AB1
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished hand axe, 80mm long, 45mm wide and 20mm thick. The axe is a grey/green fine stone, which is probably from Langdale and it weighs 104 grams. The object represents the central part of a partly polished axe, each end is missing. The edges have been very neatly flattened into tapering facets and the axe shows scars possibly caused by re-shaping in antiquity.
Created on: Monday 13th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-5768D6
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished stone axe, 200mm long and 62mm wide. The axe is made from Charnwood Tuff and is unfinished. The axe has chip marks over its surface but the tip of the axe has been mostly finsished though, having a highly polished surface. The tip appears to been damaged in the ground, having an uneven edge.
Created on: Monday 13th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-B775E4
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic polished stone axe, 144mm long and 76mm wide. The axe is quite square in form and has slightly faceted edges. It is also of uniform thickness, being between 30 and 35mm for most of its length. It tapers slightly at the base and steeply towards its cutting edge, which is curved and has a few chips in its surface. The axe is probably a Langdale type 6.
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2004
Last updated: Thursday 20th June 2013
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