Record ID: YORYM1498
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Stone axehead, very rough feel to surface. Extremely well worked given the hardness of the rock. Slightly expanded mid section, very narrow pointed butt end. Curving, rounded blade end, blade quite sharp-used. Complete. Regular, diminishing, lentoid section. Green and black granulated surface. Igneous, intrusive, very granular, hard rock, probably picrite. Maximum width 54.7mm, minimum width 10.5mm at butt end.
Created on: Tuesday 11th July 2000
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LANCASHIRE SALTERFORTH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-61CFB7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Neolithic stone axehead of Langdale Type, finished and polished. It has a curved cutting edge and slightly tapering sides to a thin, broad butt which shows some damage (cracks and dents) on the smooth, polished surface, resembling a cracked egg shell. The axe was made from dark/light grey/beige stone, probably a fine-grained volcanic tuff from Great Langdale but lacking the characteristic facets down its sides. Compared to other Langdale axes, at only about 13.5cms it is a fairly short example of that type.
Created on: Tuesday 25th July 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Preston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-E4D5E7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large Langdale axe made from greenish-grey sandstone, butt end damaged and blade end missing. Surfaces very finely shaped and smooth.
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 8th October 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-E30E56
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a copper axe of simple form dating to the Chalcolithic (Copper Age) also known as the very early Bronze Age 2,400 to 2,100 BC often called the Beaker period. The axe has a slight crescent profile with a rounded narrow tapering butt which expands and curves gradually, flaring after the centre to the blade end. The blade is rounded measuring 42mm wide by 2mm thick. The width of the axe tapers gradually from the blade at the squared-off proximal (attachment) end and the maximum thickness of the object is towards the centre. Both surfaces are slightly convex. There are no flanges…
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2011
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'MELLOR', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-B84459
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible lead axe of probable medieval date 1200 to 1500AD. The head of the axe is crescentic, flaring slightly to the cutting edge. A circular sectioned shaft projects from the head tapering to a narrow butt end. No exact parallels were found for this object. The length is 96mm, the width of blade is 38mm thickness 15mm and the weight 116.59g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-E49550
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron axehead, possibly Late Iron Age but more likely Post-Medieval or modern. If it did date from the LIA, it would be a very rare Lancashire find indeed. The object is heavily corroded, but the socket and blade are still readily recognisable. Early Iron Age axes were made from forged, not wrought iron and it was difficult to form whole 'sockets' as were known from LBA socketed axes. For iron axes like this the wings needed to be reheated and hammered into the required shape. However, iron axes like this survive only very rarely and since post medieval and some modern tools apply this …
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fylde', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-EA582D
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A section of a copper alloy axehead. It is triangular in section, being a blunt point on one side, and crescent shaped, but not symmetrical across its break, being more pointed at one end than the other. The blade is not facetted. There is some loss of material from the faces. Along the broken face there is a suggestion that it might have been hollow and therefore a section of socketed axehead, but this is not definitive. Dimensions: It is 67mm long, 21mm wide and 11.5mm thick. It weigh 56.83g
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Monday 15th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Whittington', grid reference and parish protected.