Record ID: LEIC-7596EE
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flaked flint axe. Light brownish-grey opaque patina. Tertiary piece. Broken flaked axe.
Created on: Sunday 24th March 2019
Last updated: Saturday 28th December 2019
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Record ID: NMS-6A485E
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Very large and heavy ground and polished axe of mottled orange and off-white patination with many streaks of iron across both faces. The axe is complete apart from a post-depositional flake removal, some crushing of the cutting edge and a small chip to the butt; this damage reveals whitish grey flint below the patination. Both faces retain some flake scars around the edges, but most have been ground smooth along the median ridge, including a hollow on one face; the undamaged part of the cutting edge is still sharp. Both edges are heavily ground to a rounded profile. Donated to Norwich…
Created on: Sunday 18th June 2017
Last updated: Monday 1st June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMGW-7B5EC1
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint polished axe dating from c. 3,500 - 2,200BC The axe is fragmentary, represented by the butt (with a surviving length of 61.0mm and a weight of 57.4g) and the axe broke in antiquity. The butt is slightly damaged but would have been narrow and rounded. The sides are straight and convergent towards the break. The axe has an oval body section (with a maximum surviving width and thickness of 44.2mm and 20.4mm respectively). The flaking scars from roughing-out the axe are evident on both faces and are partially polished-out. More flaking scars are evident on one of the fa…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 29th October 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-032116
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Neolithic flint axe which has been shaped by flaking. It is an axe with a thin tapering butt, classified by Manby as an A3 type. There is surviving cortex on one face at the butt end. It is an irregular pointed oval in section and is an elongated ovoid shape in plan. The butt tapers to a point but remains nearly as thick as the centre of the axe. The cutting edge is slightly pointed in plan and has been sharpened with some smaller removals. The flint is patinated and is white with large tan blotches. The flaking causes the median margin of the axes to be wavy or scalloped along the …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-63DE95
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Neolithic polished axe measuring 146.18mm x 54.22mm. The axe is made from light grey opaque flint with surface whorling and other larger and lighter inclusions. There is a little modern damage in the form of surface flaking. The axe is now stained brown from the surrounding sandy soil.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
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Record ID: SUR-63BFC5
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Neolithic polished axe. The axe is now of triangular form and appears to have been cut down following breakage.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-904B71
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete and reworked polished flint axe of Neolithic date. It is rectangular in form, pointed oval in section and struck from a pale, mottled grey to white flint. Areas of polishing remain visible on both faces and along one edge, but the original object has been subject to extensive bifacial retouch and flake removal, particularly at the crescentic cutting edge, resulting in an object that is probably less than half the length of the original axe. It has perhaps been re-used as a relatively crude axe or alternatively reworked as a core. The entire object measures 82.69mm in len…
Created on: Tuesday 6th November 2012
Last updated: Saturday 8th December 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Margaret Roding', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-084950
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete polished flint axe of Neolithic date. Only one end of the axe survives intact, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. It is oval sectioned, triangular in form and tapers towards a cutting edge that has relatively neat edge retouch. Both faces have bifacial flake removal with traces of polishing are visible on both sides in very small patches. The entire object has a mottled dark red/brown to white patination that is visible at the old break as well as on all other exterior surfaces, indicating that it was damaged in antiquity and has been subject to subsequent stai…
Created on: Monday 24th September 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Frostenden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-4DE412
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint blade core made from a Neolithic polished axe. Two vertical strips of the polished axe surface remain, including one which extends around one of the narrow edges, providing an indication of the original form. The rest of the surface has been removed by the striking of five broad blades. The piece is oval in section and contains a large flaw, which may be the reason for the axe having been abandoned. The surface of the flint is a heavily patinated light grey colour. Dimensions: 74.1mm long, 42.9mm wide, 29.6mm thick. Weight: 104.69.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd August 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Munden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-231F71
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A Neolithic ground flint axe found during drainage work on sandy soil. The axe measures 127mm x 65mm x 29mm and is made from opaque light grey flint. Although ground, deep flake scars remain.The blade shows signs of additional sharpening and has a slight bevel. Modern damage is largely confined to a flake on one corner of the blade.
Created on: Wednesday 8th August 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
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Record ID: YORYM-518100
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete quartzite axehead of late Neolithic date 3500-2100 BC. The axehead is triangular in plan and ovate in section. The dorsal surface is invasively flaked across the entire surface, with negative scars indicating knapping blows from right to left hand sides. The distal edge is ground and polished to create a precise cutting edge, there is some slight notching to the polished aspect of the edge. The proximal end tapers into a narrowed profile, the end is abruptly blunted. The ventral surface also contains invasive flaking but appears to have been worked from a number of differe…
Created on: Thursday 17th May 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Willerby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-FE45E5
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Published
A chipped flint axe (not polished), dating to the Neolithic period. It is broadly sub-rectangular in plan and sub-oval (humped) in cross section. In plan the sides of the axe taper from the widest point at the cutting edge to a relatively narrow rounded butt. Both long edges taper evenly and the axe is broadly symmetrical. The axe is knapped from a mottled grey coloured flint with considerable mid-pale grey and milky white inclusions. There is a small oval of the original cortex remaining on one face towards the butt end. The axe is extensively flaked on each face. On each face ther…
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stanton Lacy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-31E292
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete flint axehead of Neolithic date (3500 BC - 2100 BC). One end of the axe representing 50-75% of the complete axe survives, which seems to be the thicker blade end. The axe blade is oval-ended, with a thick pointed oval-shaped cross-section widening as it nears the blade end. The sides taper slightly inward from the blade to the break which would have led to the butt, now missing. The axe has been polished highly, although damaged during deposition by a few shallow surface breaks. It was probably formed with large, invasive shallow flakes followed by smaller shallow scaler re…
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Southwater', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-90A937
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A Neolithic cutting edge ground/polished axe. The axe is elliptical in section and has a thin butt. Both faces have small neat and precise removals. The cutting edge has been polished on both faces. The flint is brown-grey, and there are two more recent breaks (one on the cutting edge and one on the butt) which reveal a blue-grey centre. It measures 147.3mm (length) x 48.8mm (width) x 15.9mm (thickness) and weighs 184.12g.
Created on: Monday 13th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
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Record ID: DUR-52BAF7
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Darlington
Workflow stage: Published
A possible fragment of a Neolithic polished flint axe. One side of the axe is raised and polished, whilst the other side is flat with concoidal lines, which is the indication that it is part of an axe. The object is sub rectangular and the edges are rough and irregular. The flint is grey in colour with some brown areas around the perimeter. It weighs 4.6g and measures 36.30mm in length, 19.94mm in with and 5.31mm in thickness.
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
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Record ID: LEIC-67DC63
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint axe, 121mm long, 47mm wide and 26mm thick. The axe is in fair condition with some damage to each end and weighs 179 grams. The axe is made from a greyish beige flint and has been polished all over its surface. It is sub rectangular in form and section and has flat edges. It expands gently in width and depth towards the steeply curved blade, which is mostly missing. It is also missing its butt end.
Created on: Monday 30th January 2012
Last updated: Thursday 9th November 2017
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Record ID: BERK-EF5FC7
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A tiny fragmant from a Neolithic polished axe, possibly knapped off the main object.
Created on: Thursday 12th January 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-BA4B17
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Neolithic flint axe, of Manby's Flaked rough-out type, with a thin tapering butt. The object has an elongated ovoid shape with a square cutting edge; it is less bulbous on one face while the other face has a large raised lump. In section it is an uneven pointed oval. The butt is narrower than the rest of the axe, and tapering. The sides are straight. The axe is an opaque pale orange and grey colour. There are neat removals at the working edge. Compare SWYOR-86DA01.
Created on: Thursday 10th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 12th August 2014
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Record ID: SWYOR-86DA01
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Neolithic flint axe, of Manby's Flaked rough-out type, with a thin tapering butt. The object has an elongated ovoid shape; it is less bulbous on one face while the other face has a large raised lump with signs of flaking. In section it is D shaped with the bar being convex too, but less so than the loop. The butt is narrower than the rest of the axe, tapers and then has a squared off end. The sides are convex. The axe is an opaque pale orange and grey colour and cortex is visible on the butt. There are neat removals at the working edge. Length: 149.1mm; Width: 53mm; Thickness: …
Created on: Tuesday 20th September 2011
Last updated: Thursday 11th June 2020
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Record ID: NMS-D38255
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Part Polished Flint Axe. Elongated, sub-trapezoidal plan with a thin lenticular cross section, of unpatinated black flint with a few paler, coarse inclusions, these inclusions have been worked confidently and have not caused any flakes to terminate in hinges. The cutting edge is the widest point, both lateral edges are left as knapped and are not abraded to aid with hafting, the sides narrow gently to a thin narrow butt. The ground and polished surfaces are confined to the cutting edge and the immediate high points of the flake scars, the remaining surfaces are invasively kn…
Created on: Friday 13th May 2011
Last updated: Monday 24th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Codicote', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-BA9E64
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Flint axe, triangular in plan and lenticular in profile and section, tapering to a point at the butt end and squared off at the blade end. The axe is bifacially and bimarginally reworked throughout. There is no polishing on the blade and it is difficult to identify any surface gloss as the whole axe has a surface sheen. The cutting edge is symmetrical in profile suggesting that the implement would have been used as an axe rather than an adze. The flint is a light grey colour which is typical of the local flint derived from the Lower Chalk of the Yorkshire Wolds, but erratic flint is a…
Created on: Saturday 11th September 2010
Last updated: Saturday 16th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-6AA4E1
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Rutland
Workflow stage: Published
Late Neolithic flint axe, 120mm long, 57mm wide and 24mm thick. The object is in good condition with small amounts of damage to its edges. The axe is made from brown flint, common in Leicestershire and has small patches of original surface still showing. It has a flat butt end and its sides are slightly waisted and splay towards a rounded tip. It is quite thick in section in the area towards its centre and near to the blade end.
Created on: Tuesday 27th April 2010
Last updated: Sunday 22nd August 2010
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Record ID: SWYOR-73D4C5
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A flint axe head dating from the Neolithic period. The flint is light grey in colour and patinated, with part of the brown outer cortex still in place. It has a length of 109.91mm, width 37.06mm, thickness 20.34mm, weight 105.56g. It is smaller than most Neolithic axes, and is not particularly well made. The flint has imperfections such as holes and fossils in it, and the axe is not very well shaped, being more rectangular in section than oval. It is probably late Neolithic in date, as the tools with a lower quality of flint and working tend to be later in date (Edmonds, Stone Tools a…
Created on: Monday 22nd March 2010
Last updated: Thursday 11th June 2020
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Record ID: LEIC-9642A2
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint axe fragment, 45mm long, 25mm wide and 14mm thick. The object represents the tip of the axe, with a rounded cutting edge which is now chipped. It has a classic lentoid section and its entire surface has re-corticated, suggesting it was broke in antiquity.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-F22138
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint axe fragment, 60mm long, 54mm wide, 19mm thick and weighs 85.3g. The object is made from a dark mottled flint and has a chipped but complete cutting edge. It appears to have broken about half way down its length.
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: BUC-4B2344
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A pale grey polished flint axe. The width of the axe tapers, along the 116.9mm length, slightly from 35.51 to 33.55mm. The axe has beem considerably reworked more than once. The initially about a third of both sides has been reflaked, giving one end a chisel shaped tip. Further reworking cuts throught the previous patination. The blade of the polished end has been chipped in several places.
Created on: Friday 13th May 2005
Last updated: Tuesday 12th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Horwood', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-A19847
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Incomplete polished flint axe of Neolithic date (4500 BC - 2000 BC). The blade is broken and missing. Length 127mm, width 52mm and 27mm thick. Weight 182.69g. The axe has a grey mottled patina and has been knapped then most of the surface has subsequently been polished. Viewing either face of the axe, with the butt at the top and the broken blade at the bottom, the shape is symmetrical. The straight sides flare gently outwards from the rounded butt towards the broken blade. The width of the axe at the butt end is 25mm and the maximum width at the blade end is 52mm. The butt has a roun…
Created on: Monday 23rd August 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chale Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-108510
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
The butt end, perhaps about half, of a flint axe of Neolithic date. Length 57mm, width 33mm and 18mm thick. Weight 40.34g. The butt end of the axe is rounded and the sides flare gently outwards towards the old break which is pointed oval-shape in cross-section. One side is largely occupied by a creamy coloured cortex. However, the edges of this face have received secondary working. The other side is flaked overall to form a central longitudinal ridge. The flaked surfaces have a dark grey coloured patina and the break is similarly patinated, indicating perhaps, that the break is probab…
Created on: Friday 23rd July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Calborne Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D0A816
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
The butt end of a thick polished flint axehead with a 'recent' break. Measuring 83m in surviving length, 65mm in width and 40mm in thickness. The butt is broad and widens towards the blade end. Large flake scars survive beneath the polish. One side is polished into an almost flat face, the other has ?recent damage. The flint is medium grey and stained varied 'rusty' browns on the surface, where it is undamaged. This axehead is Neolithic in date.
Created on: Tuesday 20th July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Cornard', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-440053
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a Neolithic polished flint axe. Length 69mm, width 71mm and 28mm thick. Weight 149.11g. The fragment is the blade end and consists of about 1/3 of the total length of the axe when complete. The break appears to be very old as it has the same patina as the other surfaces which are a creamy grey colour with some iron staining. The sides of the axe are almost parallel but flare slightly towards the blade which has an even and gentle curve. In cross-section it is oval-shaped except that both side edges of have been flattened by polishing. One face of the axe has two large flak…
Created on: Saturday 19th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newchuch Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BH-086652
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Polished flint axe of Neolithic date (c.4,000 to 2,000). Light grey flint and highly polished, with some small flake removal scars around the edges. The only damage is to the haft end, where a small area has been struck off, probably by the plough. Otherwise the object is a fine example of the type, with a sharp blade and flattened ground edges on its long sides. It is 153.4mm in length and 63.3mm wide at the blade end and 36.8mm wide at the rear end. The maximum thickness is 34.3mm and it weighs 425g.
Created on: Thursday 11th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-6135C2
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic polished axe from mottled whitish flint. Broken at butt.
Created on: Wednesday 3rd March 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: SF-5FF764
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A small slightly irregular partly polished Neolithic flint axe head. Measuring 112.6mm in length, 64mm in width at the widest point and 22.6mm in thickness at the thickest point. This axehead is complete apart from six small recent edge nicks which expose sub-surface black flint. The black flint revealed underneath the nicks is suprisingly unusual for flint axes in East Anglia which suggets that most black flint axes are actually imported into the area from elsewhere. Elsewhere the axe head is patinated blue grey. On one face this is more mottled and there is a patch of co…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Fressingfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-92F628
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Polished axe in dark grey mottled glossy flint with negligible patination. Polished extensively on one face from the broad blade up the central area to the square butt and with one lateral edge rounded slightly along its whole length, the other only toward the butt. The opposed face is only polished at the extreme edge of the cutting edge and is otherwise neatly finished by shallow re-touch flaking. The elegant shape suggests that this is a flint copy of an Early Bronze Age flat axe, and the shallow invasive flaking is also typical of this transitional period. Almost certainly Late Ne…
Created on: Thursday 29th January 2004
Last updated: Friday 2nd March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Briston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-8FA2F2
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Polished axe / adze. Approaching a plano-convex section. Patinated greyish white flint. Extensivley polished from the almost straight but damaged cutting edge to the pointed butt. The lateral edges are slightly rounded. Probably late Neolithic.
Created on: Thursday 29th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Briston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-7EA0D3
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A broken and badly damaged Neolithic polished flint axe. Only one of the butt ends survives, the rest of the flint has been lost. The flint is a light-whitish grey. The flint has a transverse break, with many later breaks, where further flakes have been removed (probably caused by the plough). The axe would have been finished to the 'polished axe' stage.
Created on: Friday 16th January 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Dean', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-321762
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A polished flint axe slightly damaged on the cutting edges
Created on: Monday 1st September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chesham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-B85D62
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Polished axehead of grey and light grey flint.
Created on: Monday 2nd June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: SOMDOR1764
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
Large flaked axe. Rough-out for polishing. Light grey flint with frequent darker grey and white mottles and patches. Thick white and greyish patina with iron staining at the edges of the flaking scars. Butt and cutting edge have been broken off in recent times (?plough damage). The axe is a long, gently flaring shape and is extensively flaked on both surfaces. It is a pointed oval in cross section. Both sides have a longitudinal ridge (off-centre) from which the flakes were removed.
Created on: Thursday 27th March 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HAMP3454
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint axe. White/grey flint with iron staining. Small area polished at blade on both sides, all other surfaces are irregularly knapped. The haft end is broken.
Created on: Monday 24th March 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.