Record ID: DOR-E033B8
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint axehead. A flaked axehead. Made on a nodule of pale grey-brown flint, now patinated to matt off-white and with iron staining along the flake ridges. Flaked on both faces from the edges, butt and cutting edge. All the cortex has been removed. The side edges are largely straight. It has a wide, slightly convex, cutting edge formed by flake removals from the edge into the body of the axehead. The axe tapers to the butt and has a lentoid cross section. There is some slight damage to the butt. Date: Neolithic - c. 4000 to 2350 BC Dimensions: 118 mm x 60 mm x 27&n…
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: DOR-B5303A
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ground and polished axehead, Mik Markham has identified the material as granite. It is crystalline and medium grained. Pale green in colour, the grains include quartz, feldspar and a few iron minerals. The surface is pecked and not deeply polished. It has a tapered and pinched butt. The sides are flattened. The faces are both convex and taper in to the narrowed cutting edge. The profile at the cutting edge is slightly asymmetrical. There is an indentation in the centre of one face which may be deliberate. Date: Neolithic Dimensions: 148 mm x 58 mm x 41 mm Wei…
Created on: Friday 10th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th December 2023
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Record ID: DOR-CA36B3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ground and polished Neolithic stone axehead dating to c. 4000 - 2350 BC made from a fairly coarse grained light grey-green material. The axehead is sub triangular in shape with a lentoid cross section. There are chips and scratches on all surfaces probably caused by agricultural activity, but overall the axehead is complete. It has a flared cutting edge and has been re-ground on one side creating an angled, asymmetrical cutting edge. The axe tapers to the butt which is damaged. Length:  173.2 mm Width:  80.3 mm    Thickness:  43.9 mm    Weight…
Created on: Monday 27th February 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th December 2023
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Record ID: DOR-700542
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A ground and polished stone axehead dating to 4000-2350 BC. Made from a fairly coarse grained metamorphic rock (probably a schist) with visible mica pieces and greyish green in colour. The axehead is small and sub-triangular in shape. It has been ground and polished to a smooth finish. Chipping and crush damage along the cutting edge suggest the object was heavily used prior to loss or discard. The cross section of the axehead is pointed oval. Along one edge are a series of incised transverse and angled grooves of varying length. Date: Neolithic …
Created on: Monday 13th June 2022
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2022
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Record ID: DOR-EECCA5
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sub-rectangular flint scraper. Made on a tertiary flake of dark orange-brown to beige flint with a covering yellowed mid-gloss patina.There is a remnant of the striking platform retained at the proximal end and a pronounced bulb of percussion on the ventral face. There are remnant flaking scars on the dorsal surface. Around 75 percent of the outer edge, extending along both side margins and around the distal end, has irregular, semi-invasive to steep retouch struck from the ventral face, creating a slightly asymmetrical scraping edge which has become overhanging at the distal end. …
Created on: Monday 27th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2020
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Record ID: DOR-E6B024
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete off white beige secondary bifacially worked flint flaked axehead covered with white repatination which is thicker and coarser in some areas. Small patches of cortex remain on both faces and iron staining is visible on some flake ridges. Low gloss patina and crude in shape with a pointed oval cross section. There are multiple low angle broad flake removal scars covering both faces. Date: Neolithic 4000 to 2350 BC Dimensions: 137 mm x 57 mm x 29 mm Weight: 245 g
Created on: Wednesday 27th November 2019
Last updated: Thursday 28th November 2019
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Record ID: DOR-BE26D8
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic flint polished axehead dating to 4000 BC - 2350 BC. The cutting edge end of a polished axehead, it is sub-rectangular and has a pointed oval cross-section. One side margin is missing due to damage or re-use of flint. The butt end appears to have been deliberately removed as the termination consists of two smooth linear scars. One face retains around 75% of its polished surface while the other face has had almost all of the original polished surface removed leaving behind one central broad flake scar and multiple blade scars all struck from different directions.…
Created on: Wednesday 13th November 2019
Last updated: Friday 9th July 2021
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Record ID: DOR-F731C7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flaked and partially polished flint axehead. Mid grey flint which is heavily patinated to a greyish off-white. There is iron staining along the flake ridges. There are areas of abraded nodule cortex on both faces. The axe has been flaked from the edges on both faces leaving multiple flaking scars. The cutting edge is wide and curved . The axe tapers from the cutting edge to the break and the profile thickens. The axe has an oval cross section. There is some polish to the cutting edge on one face. Date: Late Neolithic - c. 3300 - 2200 BC Dimensions: 84 mm x 65 mm x 33 m…
Created on: Monday 16th September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 17th September 2019
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Record ID: DOR-5500C2
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint core tool, probably a flaked axehead fragment. The flint was originally mid-grey flint, now covered in a smooth layer of blue-white re-cortification giving an opaque, matt patina. The axe probably had an oval cross section. A small amount of cortex remains on the centre of one face and many ridges show traces of iron staining. There are multiple flake removal scars on one face and fewer on the other forming the cutting edge. The flakes are invasive and parallel. The object has been broken along the long axis and across the body. Date: Neolithic c.4000 BC to 2350 BC. Dimensio…
Created on: Monday 3rd December 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd May 2019
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Record ID: DOR-EC8B50
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bifacially flaked flint axe fragment made on a weathered, thin and elongate tabular nodule. Both faces retain areas of worn chalky cortex, but have been modified by broad, shallow irregular flaking to form an irregular lenticular cross section. the piece represents the butt-end of the axe and tapers to a blunt point at the butt-end. One margin has a straight midline edge, the other side is more irregular; both edges have evidence of grinding and polishing, but this is limited in extent and does not extend over either face. The piece may have been broken in use, a bi-faceted cross bo…
Created on: Wednesday 29th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 22nd January 2018
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Record ID: DOR-A290BB
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One part of a possible flaked axe or pick roughout, probably broken during manufacture. Both faces show evidence for crude, sometimes deep flaking to form an assymetrical sub-lozengiform cross section. One face retains a large patch of thick, worn chalky cortex. One end tapers to an irregular point, and there is slight evidence for deliberate battering of part of one edge. The break is oblique, both longitudinally and laterally, and may be a result of end-shock during manufacture. The break has formed a platform from which two short flakes have been removed on one side of the object, …
Created on: Monday 3rd July 2017
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2017
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Record ID: DOR-E5F0F9
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flaked axehead worked down from a larger ground and polished axe segment. The object is small with a pointed oval cross section. Areas of the original polished surface are visible across central to cutting edge areas of both faces with semi invasive, scaled, low angle flaking around margins. The flint has a smooth, thick off-white re-cortification with some coarse chalky cortex at the butt end of one face, areas of reddish brown ferrous staining are also present. Modern damage of a deep flake removal at the cutting edge reveals the original colour of the flint to be mid grey. Dat…
Created on: Monday 12th June 2017
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2018
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Record ID: DOR-853CBD
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, partially ground and polished flint axehead. Bifacially flaked all over to form a slightly assymetrical lenticular cross-section with narrow, rounded, slightly irregular margins. The object tapers from the remains of the cutting end, narrowing slightly toward the (missing) butt. Only a cursory attempt has been made to grind the main body of the axehead, with small to negligible areas of abrasion on high points and some flake scar ridges. The margins have been ground more heavily over battered edges. On one face there is some evidence that the cutting edge was ground, al…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
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Record ID: DOR-39992E
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The broken butt end of a ground and polished flint axe. The axe has a lenticular cross-section with slightly rounded sides and has been partially ground during manufacture leaving a number of truncated flake scars on both faces. The object tapers towards the butt end, which has been truncated by removal of two small, steep flakes struck from one face. The fragment thins very slightly toward the butt end and a small area of steeper ground bevel for the butt remains on one face. The main cross-body break is abrupt, flat and slightly oblique and could represent breakage during use or del…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2017
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2017
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Record ID: DOR-3969CD
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete broken mid-section or butt end of a ground and polished flint axe. The axe has a sub-lenticular cross-section with faceted sides and has been extensively ground during manufacture; only one small truncated oval flake scar remains. It tapers very slightly and thins more noticeably toward the butt end. The principle break comprises of a concave flake scar with no obvious point of origin, which may represent breakage during use. The fragment tapers to the other end and has been entirely modified by removal of at least five small flakes struck from both faces. The axe has an…
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2017
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2017
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Record ID: DOR-369E04
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete ground greenstone axehead. A triangular axehead with flattened sides. The cutting edge is convex and slightly offcentre. The axehead tapers to the broken butt. One face remains convex, the other has been damaged. The cross section is sub-lenticular. The surface has been pecked and ground and is slightly pitted as a result of weathering. The origin is uncertain, but it is possible that it originated on Cornnwall or South Wales. Date: Neolithic - 4000 - 2300 BC Dimensions: 84.03 mm x 36.38 mm x 22.41 mm Weight: 155.76 g
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2017
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2018
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Record ID: DOR-22FEA8
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken fragment of a ground and polished axehead. All that remains is the cutting edge, obliquely flaked by a deliberate tranchet strike on one edge. The axehead has a well formed, gently curved cutting edge with faceted edges and incorporated a small area of cortex on one face. Mid to pale grey marbled flint with a thin pale grey patina and matt to semi-matt surfaces. There are several red-brown ferrous stains along the broken edges and several probable plough scrapes on the polished surfaces. The unusual removal may have been intended to create a new temporary cutting edge on the …
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
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Record ID: DOR-22ACEA
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The incomplete butt end of a broken, ground and polished axehead. The object is partially ground, with limited polishing and numerous truncated flake scars remaining. The cross-section is asymmetrical and lenticular with slightly faceted sides. The break is flat with a hinge fracture which has turned approximately 90 degrees to remove a small part of the axial ridge on one face. There are several minor flake removals from the butt, possibly as a result of more recent edge damage. The object has a thick white patina with low-gloss to matt surfaces and red-brown ferrous stains across bo…
Created on: Monday 3rd April 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 6th June 2017
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Record ID: DOR-8F9088
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flaked axehead. Crudely bifacially flaked sub-triangular tool made on a partially naturally thermally fractured mid-grey flint nodule or large flake. Both faces show scars from relitively flat, shallow broad flake removals in multiple directions.The putative cutting edge is formed by flaking along the axis of the tool, resulting in an irregular edge (now partially removed by later damage) The piece has a pointed oval cross section. The tapering margins and 'butt' are made by irregular steep flaking and edge-battering. The axe shows an all over thin off-white mid-gloss patina with oc…
Created on: Friday 13th January 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2017
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Record ID: DOR-D30826
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small bifacially worked flint axehead with parallel sides and a much-damaged cutting edge. The butt is abruptly tapered to a break. The piece comprises of reworking of a broken ground and polished axe, some areas of original ground surface and edge remain visible. The flaking ranges from shallow to moderately steep. It has a pointed oval cross-section. The surface is irregularly patinated with white re-cortification on one side only possibly reflecting variations in composition of the natural flint, and has a mid-gloss patina. There are common red-brown ferrous stains mainly along f…
Created on: Wednesday 4th January 2017
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2017
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