Record ID: SOM-3964B1
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Butt end of a chert axe or possibly adze of later Mesolithic to early Neolithic date, 6500-2900 BC. It is oval ion section and has part of an S-shaped curve in profile. The butt is rounded. The tool has been shaped by removal or large scalar flakes around the edge on both sides. Down the centre of one side is a large area of creamy cortex covering c.40% of the face. On the other some flakes have been removed in the centre, adjacent to the break. One at least appears to have been removed after the break or possibly as part of the break, it is not clear if damage to this area could be f…
Created on: Thursday 11th August 2011
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.