Record ID: CAM-1B06A6
Object type: WORKED OBJECT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete piece of worked quartzite stone identified by Mr John Lord at a public event held in Peterborough Museum on the 16th of July 2010. This worked stone is Palaeolithic in date. Found in the area of a Limestone quarry. One end of the stone has broken off transversely. The tool has a flattened back and three facets to the upper surface. The tool tapers to a rounded point. The largest facet on the upper surface has a width of c.17.92mm, the central facet has a width of c.18.03mm and the final facet is c. 8.53mm wide. If this stone had been made into a tool then it would have o…
Created on: Saturday 17th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 20th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swaddy Well Pit', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: CAM-1D0324
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A stone perforated mace head of late Mesolithic or early Neolithic date. The mace head is ovoid in shape and the perforation is hour glass shaped in section. The mace head is 118mm long and 82mm wide at its widest, it is 29mm thick.
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2006
Last updated: Thursday 10th July 2014
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Record ID: CAM-5EAB98
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
An Early to Middle Neolithic polished stone axehead dating c. 4000-3300 BC. This axehead has a pointed-oval cross section. One side edge has a slight flattened lateral facet, the opposing side edge having a subtler flattened lateral facet that could easily be missed during a very quick examination of this artefact thus giving the impression of a lateral rounded-pointed edge. The artefact weighs 290.74g, has a length of 126.5mm, maximum width of 60.5mm and maximum thickness of 31.7mm. The type of stone used to create this axehead has not yet been fully identified however the finder …
Created on: Friday 14th November 2014
Last updated: Thursday 4th December 2014
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Record ID: CAM-3BB783
Object type: PERFORATED OBJECT
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
A perforated worked stone artefact probably/possibly a mace of Early Mesolithic to Neolithic date. The artefact is a rounded pebble, oval in plan with a length of 49.11mm and width of 37.65mm. Through the, approximate, centre of the stone is a circular perforation that has been worked from both sides towards the centre. The perforation has differing diameters on either side and both sides of the perforation taper in towards the centre. The perforation on one side has a diameter of 19.43mm tapering to 7.90mm in the middle of the stone before flaring out to a diameter of 19.07mm on the …
Created on: Thursday 8th August 2013
Last updated: Monday 9th November 2020
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Record ID: CAM-18C7C3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete fragment of polished Neolithic axehead. This axehead has been broken in half along the linial profile so that only one side of the profile survives. The axehead has also been broken transversely to the butt-end and blade-end. This means that the original shape and cross-sectional shape and profile shape of the artefact has been lost. At least one hinge fracture is present. Damage is also present along both edges.
Created on: Wednesday 1st August 2018
Last updated: Friday 21st September 2018
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Record ID: CAM-4EEC43
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small partially polished stone axehead of Neolithic date. The cross-section is oval. The weight is 172.06g, length is 99.8mm, maximum width is 41.0mm and maximum thickness is 29.6mm. This axehead is a greenstone, similar to Cornish greenstone although full scientific analysis would need to be conducted to determine this conclusively. The stone would have been pecked into shape before a half-hearted attempt to polish the the stone to the finished product. An attempt to polish the axehead can be seen on the tip and on a bit of the sides. This axehead has suffered post-depositional abr…
Created on: Tuesday 10th January 2017
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2018
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