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Record ID: LANCUM-D855C3
Object type: POLISHED AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete polished stone Langdale Tuff axehead of Neolithic date (3500-2400 BC). The handaxe is broken at the cutting edge and at the butt end. The surface of the axe is granular but smooth with a distinct blue green hue. The object is sub-rectangular in plan and tapers inward toward the butt and is sub-ovate is section with slightly flattened sides. The blade end tapers out to the sided and in along the blade edge. The axe is broken at the blade and along one side. It is possible that it has been ritually broken.
The object is a Langdale polished Axehead, called as such due to…
Created on: Tuesday 30th May 2017
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2018
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