Record ID: SUR-6B5BA3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a large polished flint axehead of Neolithic date made from a pale grey-white flint. The fragment comprises the front end and blade edge, which is semi circular, and has broken away from the rest of the axehead across a natural flaw in the stone. The blade has a small chip removal, which may be post depositional and shows little or no other signs of use. The surface bears striations from polishing with an abrasive material, probably coarse sand.
Created on: Wednesday 14th April 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 14th April 2021
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Record ID: NARC-C7DBF9
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Milton Keynes
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint Axehead of Early Neolithic date (3500-2500 BC). The lithic is sub-rectangular in plan, long and narrow with a slightly wider blade end. The lithic is bi-convex in section creating an ovate cross. The dorsal surface has covering scaled flaking with the exception of the blade edge which has a narrow edge of polishing following the curve of the blade. The butt end has been blunted. The ventral surface has covering scaled flaking, with the exception of the polished blade edge, and a small portion of polishing in the mesal portion of the object. There is a deep negative sc…
Created on: Tuesday 6th April 2021
Last updated: Friday 11th June 2021
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Record ID: SUR-C5E84D
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic flaked and polished flint axe, 96.1mm in length and dating to c.4000-2350 BC. The axehead is made from a light grey to light brown flint and has hard-hammer working across its surfaces. The side profile is lenticular and the axehead flares slightly to a rounded cutting edge. This edge has evidence of polishing. There appears to be damage to one face of the blade, which has lost a large flake with a hinge fracture; this may represent damage from use.
Created on: Thursday 24th September 2020
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-3361DE
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
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 in form with a crescent blade edge on one side and an irregular horizontal break on the opposite side. The long edges expand from the rounded point to this wider broken terminal. The axehead is 6.5mm thick at the blade edge and expands along its surviving length to 26.9mm thick at the terminal. The axe's outside surfaces appear to have been polished slightly, however it is still possible to identify conchoidal ripples from multiple flake removals ac…
Created on: Thursday 19th March 2020
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-A13058
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete knapped, ground and polished flint axehead of late Neolithic date, c. 2700 - 2300 BC. The axehead is formed of an orange/brown flint with larger pale inclusions and small dark inclusions; probably a North Sea type flint. The axehead is sub-ovate in plan; narrower at the butt end with sides which gradually widen to the crescentic cutting edge. The axe has a slight humped profile and a regular oval cross section. The sides have three distinctive polished facets creating a slightly angled appearance with visible striations. The blade end exhibits prominent …
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-0CB5C1
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint flaked and polished axe of probable late Neolithic date. The axe is an elongated flame-shape, sub-oval in cross-section. It is unusually long and narrow, but not outside the range of know forms. There is invasive, scaled, low angle retouch on both faces with limited polishing visible in places at the wider end. There is a thick orange-stained patina covering most of the surface, but with small amounts of post-deposition damage around the edges where the patina has been removed. Polishing on only parts of the surface can be indicative of a late Neolithic date, …
Created on: Thursday 5th March 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-D39D7A
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken and then repurposed Neolithic flaked and polished flint axe, dating to c.4000-2350 BC. The surviving axe is sub-rectangular in form with a crescent polished blade edge on one side from which its two long edges extend. The first of these edges expands outwards for about one quarter of its length. The other expands for about one third of its length. After these points each edge narrows to and then converge to a rounded point. The axe's surface is polished smooth between the crescent end and the point at which it starts to narrow in width. The remaining portion of the…
Created on: Friday 7th February 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 11th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stonesfield CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BD71F1
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Neolithic flaked and polished axe. It is sub-triangular in shape and oval in cross-section with an abrupt break across the wider end. Both faces are covered with invasive, scaled retouch and a small amount of polishing is visible on one face between the scars. There are small patches of irregular retouch around the break on both faces, suggesting that the object may have been reworked for reuse following damage. The flint is a reddish-brown colour with little patination. Length: 93.75mm, width: 50.76mm, thickness: 27.44mm, weight: 131.87g
Created on: Thursday 6th February 2020
Last updated: Monday 17th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bulmer', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NARC-41727E
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint Axehead of Neolithic date (3,450-2100 BC). The lithic is a pointed oval in plan, long and narrow and wider toward the curved blade end. The lithic is bi-convex in section. Both the dorsal and ventral surfaces have covering scaled flaking with long parallel flaking at the blade end. The butt end has a large negative scar making this end narrow. All edges have semi-abrupt retouch with the exception of the butt end. The lithic retains no cortex and is therefore a tertiary flake. The flint is brown in colour with orange inclusions Length: 218.66mm, Width (at…
Created on: Friday 31st January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 5th February 2020
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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-EEA55E
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small bifacially worked core tool, probably an axehead. The flint is very dark grey with beige patches and has a high-gloss patina. It has a flared trapezoidal shape and a lentoid cross section. It has been irregularly flaked along the long edges from both faces. The cutting edge is asymmetrical and angled, possibly due to later or use damage. There are traces of grinding and polishing on the margins, along the flake scar ridges and and on one face of the cutting edge. Date: Neolithic - c. 4000 - 2350 BC
Created on: Monday 27th January 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 28th January 2020
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Record ID: SUR-63D927
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A polished late Neolithic axehead, 127.3mm in length, triangular in overall shape and with a flat cutting edge. The axehead tapers from a maximum of 53mm wide at the cutting edge to a narrow butt and is knapped from a light grey to sandy brown coloured flint. There is recent damage to the blade and butt.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
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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: HAMP-F0DC5D
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic (4000 - 2,100 BC) flint flaked axehead with plano-convex cross-section. The convex face retains c.40% cortex with several long, thin flake removals perpendicular to the cutting edge and extending from it. There are further shorter, wider flake removals along the sides at this end, the cortex extending from roughly halfway along its length to the butt end. The flatter side has mostly longitudinal flake removals with shorter removals at the sides. The flint is heavily patinated, a creamy grey in colour with several recent flake removals (perhaps damage or later re-use) on …
Created on: Thursday 10th October 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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Record ID: DOR-B3ABDE
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable later Neolithic flint flaked axehead, dating to 2700-2350 BC. A small axehead made on a large tertiary flake of beige flint which has patinated to blue-white colour. It is lozenge shaped in cross section. The implement has been bifacially worked to thin and shape it. The axehead flares from the rounded narrow but to the damaged cutting edge making it sub triangular in shape. There are remnants of probably deliberate abrasion along the sides, possibly to blunt them for use. There is damage along both sides and the cutting edge, some of which has been re-patinated. Length: 7…
Created on: Wednesday 25th September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Record ID: DOR-B17789
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic flint ground and polished axehead, dating to 4000-2350 BC. The flint is pale grey in colour with a chalky off-white patina and some iron staining. It is lentoid in cross section. Much of the surface of the axehead has been ground and polished. One side edge is facetted and the other os rounded. The cutting edge is out-curved and heavily polished and thinned from the body. The axehead tapers from the back of the cutting edge to the break which has removed the butt of the axe. One face of the axe has been deliberately flaked and it is possible the piece was purp…
Created on: Wednesday 25th September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 14th July 2020
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Record ID: GLO-A1E424
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished axe head fragment. Only the forward part remains and consists of the curved cutting edge of the axe. The blade has been ground into an asymmetrical crescent; from the back of the blade the polished head of the axe expands upwards to the main body of the axe, it is this point where the main portion of the axe is truncated. There are multiple large flaking scars are the rear and of the head and running down both sides, one particularly large hinge scar is visible on one side. Light grey/creamy flint with grey speckles
Created on: Tuesday 24th September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 24th September 2019
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Record ID: SF-89FC76
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped flint axehead probably of the early Neolithic period, dating to 4500-3500 BC. It has an elongated oval shape, tapering towards one end; it has a lozenge-shaped cross section at the narrower end and more sub-triangular at the wider end. It has been manufactured from a redish brown flint core and retains part of the orangeish cream cortex on the narrower end, the central part of the ventral face and on a portion of the dorsal face of the wide end. The ventral face has crude knapping marks while the dorsal face bears more accurate covering, scala, long angle retouches. The wide…
Created on: Monday 23rd September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Woolpit', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-4CCB57
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic flaked and polished axe, dating to 4000-2350 BC. The butt of the axe only remains. Made from mid grey flint which has patinated to a chalky off-white with iron staining. It has a lentoid cross section with well developed faceted margins. The faces of the axe are heavily polished. The butt tapers from the break to an out curved terminal. There is some recent damage to the end and sides. The break is of some age as it has re-patinated. It was possibly broken purposefully in order to reuse the raw material. Length: 65.81 mm Width: 47.08 mm Thickness: 22.73 mm …
Created on: Friday 20th September 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 25th September 2019
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Record ID: DOR-4CA903
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A later Neolithic flaked and partially polished axehead, dating to 2700-2350 BC. The tapered butt of the axe remains. The flint was mid grey and has a patchy off-white and blue-white patina. There is a small area of abraded nodule cortex on one face of the axe. It is lozenge shaped in cross section. Some parts of the axe have been polished and it is possible that the missing cutting edge had been refined through polishing. It is also possibly unfinished as a result of the break across the body which may have occurred in an effort to thin it further. Length: 84.31 mm Width: 53.25 mm …
Created on: Friday 20th September 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th January 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: LIN-0F6ACD
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small damaged possible polished flint axehead. The object is sub-rectangular in plan and pointed oval in section. The head of the axe flares to the cutting edge, which curves outwards. The cutting edge is damaged with c. 40 % remaining and there is also an abrupt transverse break across the butt end. There are scratches on the surface on both sides of the axehead. Invasive retouch can be seen on the surface on each side, along the edges and across the blade end. This may suggest that the axe was modified at some point and possibly reused. The flint is a mid-grey in colour with patch…
Created on: Wednesday 12th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 14th August 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-00FFFC
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a polished flint axehead of Neolithic date (4000 - 2350 BC). Description: The axe fragment is rectangular, and has a rounded pointed oval shaped section. The cutting edge has virtually disappeared, leaving a rounded, fairly smooth top surface edge with the cutting edge virtually destroyed. The flint is opaque, light beige with rusty orange marking and has a low gloss patina. Measurements: 66.94 mm x 47.57 mm x 29.16mm; Weight: 114g
Created on: Tuesday 11th June 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 7th September 2021
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Record ID: WILT-E1FDF2
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic polished flint axehead dating c. 4000 - 2400 BC. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan with sides tapering from the cutting edge to a sub-trapezoidal butt. When viewed in profile, one edge of the axehead has a bowed line. The axehead has a pointed-oval cross section. The axehead has been polished, with one side of the cutting edge being more worn than the other and with one face exhibiting distinct facets; this suggests the axehead has been resharpened and potentially more substantially reworked, as might also be suggested by it's small size. There are some large, hinged …
Created on: Monday 10th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2020
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Record ID: SF-92549D
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flaked axe/adze of probable Neolithic date. It is ovoid in shape and lenticular in cross-section, but slightly thicker on one face towards the pointed outer end. There is covering, flaked retouch on both faces. A small amount of cortex remains in the centre towards the butt end of one face and at the outer tip of the other face. The surface is heavily patinated and orange stained. There is some rolling on the edges. Lawrence Billington (pers. com.) comments that it '... is likely to be Neolithic rather than Mesolithic or earlier, it could be a rough-out that was original…
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Debenham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-C36BC0
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic flint axe probably dating to 4000-2350BC. The axehead is sub-rectangular in plan and pointed oval in cross section. It has a crescentic cutting edge from which it tapers to a rounded butt end. Removal scars are evident on both the dorsal and ventral faces, but with the area around the cutting edge showing signs of polishing. The flint is of a pale grey, with notable inclusions. Overall length: 160mm Width at the widest point: 61.99mm Thickness: 33.25mm Weight: over 300g
Created on: Friday 3rd May 2019
Last updated: Monday 4th October 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-74A403
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worked flint axehead of Neolithic date (c. 3500 - c. 2100 BC). The implement has been extensively knapped into a sub-oval cross section, with a tapering plan. It consists of a large terminal with a cutting face. The opposing terminal is broadly round with some cortex remaining on a prominent nodule, possibly indicative of an unfinished implement. The tool exhibits an asymmetric cross section, where one side of the central chord is flatter than the other. The edges have retouch in places. The flint is a mixture of greys, ranging from lighter to darker. All faces exhibit some orange i…
Created on: Monday 29th April 2019
Last updated: Friday 3rd May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Lewes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-6C345D
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Grey flint with cortex possible axehead. A thick oval chunk of lentoid section with flakes removed overall by multangular hard hammer strike; those scars on the dorsal side include notably rippled marks, whereas this is less pronounced on the ventral surface. A use as a scraper seems as likely. Suggested date: Late Neolithic, 2700-2350 BC Length: 49.0mm, Width: 35.44mm, Thickness: 15.3mm, Weight: 27.29gms
Created on: Monday 29th April 2019
Last updated: Monday 29th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Binbrook', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LEIC-C697E3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic flint axe, 129mm long, 59mm wide and 27mm thick, with a weight of 218g. The axe is complete and is sub rectangular in form, with a rounded blade and ovoid in cross section. It is made from a dark brown flint and has been invasively re-touched and then polished at the blade. It has been finely worked along its blade and on one face of one side with shallow, stepped re touch. The other side less so and appears to have been damaged along this edge due to a weakness in the flint?
Created on: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Last updated: Saturday 25th January 2020
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Record ID: SF-AC23FE
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A chipped polished axehead of the Neolithic to early Bronze Age period, dating to 4500 BC- 1500 BC. It has been manufactured from a mottled grey flint core. It has a tongue shape in plan and it has a pointed oval cross-section; the central part of both faces bears a polished surface while the long edges have been re worked with invasive and scaled touches. Length: 88.51 mm Width: 44.72 mm Thickness at the centre: 25.96 mm Weight: 113.97 g
Created on: Monday 18th February 2019
Last updated: Thursday 23rd May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aldringham cum Thorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-C495E4
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint axehead, possibly part of an unfinished roughout dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4000-2400 BC). The surviving piece is probably part of a broken blade end that is roughly oval in shape with a squared-off edge at the break. Most of the butt end appears to be missing. The surviving blade end is roughly lentoidal in cross-section with a convex curved blade that tapers roughly evenly in width to the blade edge. Neither the blade, edges nor surfaces have any evidence of polishing though there are several patches of cortex, especially towards the broken edge. The flin…
Created on: Thursday 7th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-8B9647
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete polished flint axehead of Neolithic date, c. 4000-2350 BC. The axehead is bi-convex and has a sub-rectangular profile and a pointed oval section. It has a smooth ground surface and a tapered ground curvilinear cutting edge. The axehead terminates at a blunt break part-way along its length. The break bears traces of the same cream discolouration as the outer surfaces, suggesting that the break is old. Small flakes have been lost from both surfaces of the axehead, and one large flake has been lost from the edge of one surface, at the narrowest part of the axehead. The a…
Created on: Friday 11th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2019
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Record ID: IOW-A9500D
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic polished flint axehead (c. 2700 BC-c. 2351 BC). This axehead is now sub-triangular in plan and is pointed oval in cross-section. Although the grinding has been sufficiently deep to remove the majority of the flaking scars, some do remain close to the butt on one face. A small area of battering at the butt end may indicate that the axehead had also been used as a hammer. There is also a small area of battering at the top of one of the flake scars close to the polished area. The axehead was probably polished overall as a flattened bevelled edge extends the ful…
Created on: Friday 7th December 2018
Last updated: Friday 21st December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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: SUR-C2C649
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A polished late Neolithic axehead, 101.9mm in length, which tapers from a maximum of 47.7mm wide near the blade to a narrow butt. The object is knapped from a mottled sandy brown to dark brown flint. There is some chip damage from tumbling to the blade, butt and edges. A concave area of damage to the edge of the blade has been subject to reworking with adrupt to semi-abrupt retouch. This suggests an attempt to re-sharpen after an ancient break and that the axe was used as a functional object.
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
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Record ID: KENT-19465E
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment polished flint polished flint axehead of Neolithic date, c.4000-2200BC. Description: The fragment represents a middle section of the axehead. possibly forwards the wider blade end, but it is difficult to be certain. All original sides and faces are heavily polished though a number of original (pre-polishing?) or subsequent reworking flake scars are present along both edges. These flake scars may indicate a period of re-edging or similar reworking and further polishing after its initial production. Longitudinal striations caused by the polishing of the surfaces are visibl…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Monday 13th August 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-AB5F95
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic flint axehead (4000 BC- 2351 BC). This axehead is slightly 'humped' on one face, flaked overall on both faces and is asymmetrical lenticular in cross-section. The butt is rounded and the lateral sides flare and then taper slightly inwards to a straight cutting edge. One face is light grey and mottled pale orange with small areas of cortex at the butt end and centre. The other face is light buff/orange with iron staining. The cutting edge appears to have been broken and then re-sharpened on the face with the cortex. The removals on this cutting edge are short…
Created on: Tuesday 15th May 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C6133C
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete unpolished neolithic flaked axehead made from mottled grey flint. The source of the flint is probably the Lincolnshire Wolds. It is pointed oval in cross-section, and slightly convex across its length. One end of the axehead is broken off leaving a smooth end. One face has a crude longitudinal central ridge, with small patches of cortex visible on the ridge. The tip also has a small patch of cortex visible. It is 101mm long, 52mm wide, 25.6mm thick and weighs149.3g.
Created on: Friday 4th May 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 8th May 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Nocton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-F5ABF1
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete knapped and polished flint axehead dating to the Neolithic period, c. 4000-2500 BC. The butt and midsection are missing in an oblique patinated break, with only the lower body and cutting edge preserved extant. Deep negative flaking on both sides of the axe close to this break suggests this may have resulted from use. Demonstrating a rectangular section and slightly expanding flat sides, the axe has been manufactured on a piece of greyish flint which has now in places patinated to an off-white mottled with blue. Considerable iron staining on both faces marks the location…
Created on: Tuesday 24th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 22nd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Worlington', grid reference and parish protected.