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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
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This findspot is known as 'East Dean', 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.
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