Record ID: SUR-E67C13
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint axehead of Neolithic date, 133mm in length, struck from a mottled grey flint and bifacially worked. The axehead is symmetrical on two axes and has a lenticular cross section, flaring smoothly to a rounded cutting edge 58.7mm wide. There is a large area of damage to the front edge which may be post depositional in origin. There are no areas of polishing. A patch of white cortex is retained at the centre of one face.
Created on: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 16th April 2024
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Record ID: SUR-EA0F16
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment comprising the butt end of a flint axehead of Neolithic date, 108.5mm in length, made from a pale brown flint which has been bifacially worked and tapers to a rounded end. The axehead has a lenticular cross section and has broken across the middle. There is no evidence of polishing.
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2024
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2024
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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: NMS-B880B5
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic part-polished, thin butted axe, of lightly patinated light grey flint with a band of darker flint to the butt, the pale buff coloured parts are the slightly coarser inclusions within the flint, one face is streaked with rusty iron scrapes from agricultural machinery, all flake scars appear to be soft hammer struck and nearly all the flakes terminate without hinges to the dorsal face, the ventral face is slightly coarser and exhibits many fine step/hinge terminations to the flakes, this is not unusual with bifaces. The axe itself is in good condition save for some recent damag…
Created on: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 13th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-253946
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete ground and polished axehead, of patinated mottled flint, now a light brown colour with rusty iron streaks to both faces from contact with agricultural machinery, the few remaining visible flake scars now patinated a slightly darker shade of the same. The cutting edge is only slightly curved and asymmetrical in shape, this is likely to be intentional or the result of regrinding this edge over time, only one recent chip to the otherwise still sharp cutting edge, this is much darker than the original surfaces. The lateral edges are sharply faceted and are almost straight fro…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-24F387
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete part-polished axehead, of light and mid-grey flint with the remaining visible flake scars now patinated a sandy orange colour. All flakes are well knapped with only a few light hinge/step terminations as would be expected with an axe, the sub-semicircular cutting edge is entirely polished and without recent damage, still sharp, the high points to the flake scars to the body of the axe are also extensively polished, though not entirely ground smooth, the lateral edges are neatly rounded, not facetted, even the butt has had the edges ground and rounded off. A good example. …
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 7th February 2024
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Record ID: SUSS-3F5216
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete Neolithic flint polished axehead dating c. 4000-2200 BC. The axehead has a lenticular cross section with flake removals evident on both faces, but the surface appears only partially polished. Partial polished surfaces remain on both sides, on the lower face near the cutting edge on one side; and only on a narrow strip running up the centre on the opposing face. There is battering damage on the cutting edge which is completely missing, the remaining surfaces are covered in flake removals with worn arises and red staining on both sides.&n…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd January 2024
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Record ID: SOM-1B9EFA
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete polished flint axehead dating to the Neolithic period, c. 4000 BC to 2351 BC. Only the cutting edge of the axehead survives and is D-shaped in plan and ovate in section. The cutting edge is noticably sharp. The axehead is made of a light and dark brown mottled flint, and there is a hinge fracture to the front of the axehead. There is also a separate flake taken off the reverse side of the axehead, it is inclear if this is a use break or deliberate break. The polished surface has been visibly worn by natural causes likely during later movement of …
Created on: Thursday 7th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: SWYOR-A3F764
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Bradford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A stone axehead made from epidotized tuff stone, probably sourced in Langdale,  and dating from the Neolithic Period, 4000 BC - 2350 BC. It is flaked and partially polished. The axe has a rounded and polished cutting edge. The sides taper to the square butt. It has a pointed oval cross-section with significant damage to the sides. One face appears to have been polished for the full length, but the other is bulbous towards the butt and may not have been completely polished. The axe is 122mm long, 53.6mm wide and 19.9mm thick. 150.5g. Being found in a r…
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Friday 8th December 2023
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Record ID: IOW-5E3C1C
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic flaked axe head, c.4000-2300 BC. This axehead is made from cream-coloured flint or chert with some iron staining. There are no patches of cortex remaining. The shape is asymmetrical, with one long edge slightly more bulbous than the other, which is straight. In profile, the axe is reasonably similar and balanced. It is very similar in shape to DOR-3F1ECB. The sides appear unfinished and have some post-depositional damage. It is possible that this axehead was to be ground and polished, as it is missing the finer flakes that refine these edges.
Created on: Monday 4th September 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 27th September 2023
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Record ID: SUR-8F6A5F
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint axehead of Neolithic date, 146.6mm in length, struck from an orange brown flint. The axehead has a lenticular cross section up to 37mm thick and tapers in width from 71.4mm at the front end to 19.7mm at the butt. Flaked removals are evident on both sides, but the surface appears only partially polished. One face has a large hinge-fractured removal struck from the front end which probably represents damage from use. The front edge is also lopsided with battering damage on the cutting edge, as well as removal scars from re-sharpening to prolong its lifetime of …
Created on: Thursday 20th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 17th January 2024
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Record ID: IOW-F31B2C
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Neolithic flint axe or adze, c.2800 - 2100 BC. This axehead has been knapped into a shape commonly used for polished axeheads - straight sided with a slightly flared cutting edge. The axe is sub-triangular in plan and ovate in section. All faces show signs of being polished, with low ridges and slightly visible flaking scars. The butt has broken off and been lost. The axe is made from a mid-grey flint with white patches; no outer cortex is left on this item.
Created on: Tuesday 6th June 2023
Last updated: Monday 19th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-18D27F
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete late Neolithic polished and flaked axehead dating c.3300-2200 BC. Only the butt end survives. The axe appears to have been reworked with most of the polishing surface removed, the grinding and polishing is restricted to the lateral edges (rounded) and to the high points of the flake scars. The axehead is worked from a dark and pale grey patinated flint with a few spots of iron staining to both faces, the cutting edge has broken in antiquity and an attempt at reshaping the edge has been roughly knapped at the break. A small portion of the cortex r…
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2023
Last updated: Sunday 29th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seaford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-7D2F12
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic  (c. 4,000 - 2,500 BC) flint axe: The flint axe has been knapped from flint which is now a mottled mid to dark grey. The axe has been knapped across the surface leaving only three small patches of cortex on the body of the axe. In plan the axe is an elongated oval which tapers slightly at one end. The narrowed terminal is slightly pointed but overall it would be classed as an ovate shape. In section the axe is a sub-pointed oval which is quite bulbous. The axes measures 93.37mm long, 39.32mm wide, 24.21mm thick and weighs 83.48g. The axe dates to the Neolithic bas…
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-FA65E5
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worked fragment of a flint core tool of uncertain type, potentially an axehead of Mesolithic or Neolithic date. The object has a roughly D-shaped cross section and has been worked from multiple directions with soft-hammered and pressure flaked removals. The rear edge comprises a single break across the width of the tool. The front edge has a large removal scar which is slightly concave and appears to be damage, however it could also be an over-struck tranchet flake removal.
Created on: Monday 31st October 2022
Last updated: Monday 31st October 2022
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Record ID: SF-D93A54
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic flint axehead dating to circa 4000-2350 BC. Broadly tear-drop shaped in plan and pointed oval in section, t is a flaked clore tool made of mid grey flint with white siliceous patches. There is some iron staining. There is parallel flaking on both faces.  Length: 126.9mm; Width: 49.4mm; Thickness: 26.2mm; Weight: 188.22g.
Created on: Wednesday 5th October 2022
Last updated: Friday 10th March 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-39E394
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic asymmetrical facetted polished axehead dating c. 4000 -2200 BC The axehead is asymmetrical and pentagonal in plan with a broadly lenticular cross section with facetted sides. There is a worn break across the butt end and some large chips on one face. The object expands in width from 30.36mm at the damaged butt end to 53.73mm at the cutting edge. One long edge is gently convex while the opposing edge is angled and rises at a 30º angle from the butt end before straightening to run parallel to the straighter opposing edge. Each long edge i…
Created on: Monday 22nd August 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 30th August 2022
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Record ID: OXON-A17A37
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken and incomplete Neolithic flaked and polished flint axe, dating to c.4000-2350 BC. The surviving axe is sub-triangular, almost trapezoidal, in form with a damaged but mostly rounded terminal edge on one side and an irregular diagonal break on the opposite side. The long edges expand in convex curves from the blade to this wider broken terminal. The axehead is 11.7mm thick at the terminal edge and expands along its surviving length to 20.7mm thick at the terminal. The thickness of the terminal and width expansion may suggest this representing the butt of the coim…
Created on: Monday 15th August 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: SUSS-15D9AC
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint bifaced tool, probably a Neolithic thick-butted flaked axe dating c. 4000-2400 cal BC. The object has a thick oval section and is bifacially worked with covering, flake removal on both faces and short, semi-abrupt retouch along the cutting edge. The butt in missing with an old break and there is recortification on the break extending up one face.The flint is grey with pale creamy and dark grey inclusions. There is red staining on the arises. Length: 75.42mm; width: 54.17mm; thickness: 38.57mm and weight: 171.67g. This is probably a thick-…
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Last updated: Monday 22nd August 2022
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Record ID: SUR-7C08C8
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A polished late Neolithic axehead, 122.9mm in length, made from a grey flint. The sides have flat facets along their edges and the axehead has a lenticular cross section which expands in width from 36mm at the butt to 51.1mm towards the blade. The cutting edge is slightly asymmetrical with one corner being more rounded than the other. The axehead tapers to the rounded butt end which is worked around an inclusion on one side. There is damage to the blade and butt end as well as a large removal scar covering the rear half of one side.
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 20th July 2022
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