Record ID: CORN-71BC22
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Jadeite axehead, tear-drop shaped in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and section, with patches of glassy polish and iron staining. The axehead was analysed non-destructively, using scattered reflectance spectroradiometry, in October 2007 as part of an international French project, Projet JADE, covering all axeheads of Alpine rock in Europe. The project is directed by Dr Pierre Petrequin, until recently of CNRS and the University of Besancon. The analysis was undertaken by Dr Michel Errera (then of the Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium) at the CNRS Lab…
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: IOW-8719D4
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Polished stone axe of Neolithic date. Length 123mm, width 63mm and 30mm thick. Weight 336g. Viewed in plan the axe has a small rounded butt which is slightly flattened around the top surface. The sides are slightly convex in profile and flare evenly on both sides towards the cutting edge. The cutting edge (or blade) when viewed in plan has an even curved profile. When viewed from the side the axe is slightly curved. One side of the axe has been slightly flattened by polishing. It is oval-shaped in cross-section. However, one face possesses more convexity than the other face. Although …
Created on: Thursday 10th June 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shalfleet Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-30F774
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete stone axe of Neolithic date. Length 123mm, width 66mm and 36mm thick. Weight 462g. The axe has been completely ground although some of the deeper flake scars remain. Viewing either face, the sides flare out and then downwards from the thick rounded butt towards the semi-circular cutting edge. Viewed from either side, the butt is much wider than the cutting edge. The cutting edge is rounded and blunt. It is possible that this axe is unfinished. Alternatively it may have become “rolled” within the modern plough-soil of the Ferruginous Sands in which it was found. The axe is…
Created on: Saturday 11th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 27th May 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brighstone Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: KENT557
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic axe, dark grey stone possibly ?granite.
Created on: Thursday 10th September 1998
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENT IWADE', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-B87F96
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Axehead of polished Cornish stone.
Created on: Monday 2nd June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LIN-A579D5
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age stone battle axe head. The stone is unfinished. It has been polished, however it has split at the end along what appears to be a natural fault in the stone. The haft hole is only drilled about three quaters of the way through. It therefore seems that the axe was discarded when it split part way through its production.
Created on: Thursday 8th May 2003
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: LON-7F3887
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete neolithic ground/polished stone axe. The axe is a flattened hexagon in section, with each ridge polished down towards a pointed oval shape and fully polished on both sides. The axe has suffered from various damage and losses; at the butt there is a recent chip but also an older removal or chip, which has been polished over in antiquity. At other end, the cutting edge has been completely removed in one large fracture and on one face there are two connected surface fractures with unpolished ripple marks within. On the other face the axe has been angled inwards towards the …
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
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Record ID: LVPL-7D4596
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: St. Helens
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete polished stone axe dating to the Neolithic period, (3500 BC - 2100 BC). The object is a pointed oval in cross-section and is oval in plan. The axe has suffered from various damage and losses particularly at the butt end which appear to be recent. The butt end measures 49.77mm in width and is 3.58mm thick. The cutting edge is almost complete and measures 1.62mm in thickness. The stone is a mottled light brown and grey smooth stone.
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rainford', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: NARC55
Object type: AXE
Broad period: PREHISTORIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CAMBRIDGESHIRE GRAFHAM', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-1B3AA3
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
Ground stone axe head, oval in section with a rounded tapering butt. Slight damage to the cutting edge
Created on: Friday 12th September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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