Record ID: BERK-23A863
Object type: AXE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Medieval iron axe head (10th - 13th century). The width of the axe head expands from the butt (width: 50.19mm) to the curved cutting edge (width: 88.57mm). The upper edge is straight but the lower edge curves downwards. In the centre on one side a makers mark has been stamped. The mark is a cross where the length is twice the width of the arms. It is arranged so that the long arm of the cross is aligned along the length of the axe head. The axe head is broken across the vertical perforation for attachment on the butt, ?broken in antiquity. It is similar to woodworking axes (10t…
Created on: Thursday 3rd February 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Farthinghoe', grid reference and parish protected.

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
Spatial data recorded.

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: 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: BH-A52CE2
Object type: AXE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hertfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An iron axe-head, probably of late Roman date. The axe has an integral collar with oval perforation. This extends to a wedge-shaped blade with a pronounced curve. The axe measures 160mm in length and has a maximum width of 28mm. The perforation measures 37mm in length by 21mm in width. Manning (1976, p. 24) notes that this is a common form of Roman axe, which frequently dates to the late Roman period, although it has been found in earlier contexts.Examples are known from Strageath, Burgh Castle and in hoards from Great Chesterford and Silchester.
Created on: Tuesday 28th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 30th March 2017
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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: 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.

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Record ID: CAM-666345
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Fragment of Late Bronze Age Socketed Axe, double mouth moulding, trace of casting flash. Probably a South Eastern class A. Ewart Park phase, c 1000 - 800 BC.
Created on: Monday 1st November 2004
Last updated: Monday 10th October 2011
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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: 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
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Record ID: DEV-A14B15
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Doctor Bruce Bradley, of Exeter University writes: 'The polished flint artefact is an extremely re-worked fragment of an early Bronze Age skeuomorphic axe (copying an Early Bronze Age copper axe).'
Created on: Friday 27th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2012
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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: HAMP482
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cream/white flint axe. Trapezoidal with narrow butt end. Tranchet blade edge, possibly unfinished. Iron staining on upper surface.
Created on: Saturday 11th November 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HAMPSHIRE EASTLEIGH', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP847
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Polished flint axe. Grey/white flint with dark grey streaks. Flattened oval section. Tapering to butt with rounded edge. Extremely thick in section at centre. Un-polished at butt end. Blade heavily damaged in antiquity through use.
Created on: Thursday 1st March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HAMPSHIRE MICHELMERSH', grid reference and parish protected.

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
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Record ID: HESH-085706
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Cast lead alloy miniature axe of probable medieval date (1200-1550). The axe is a scale model of a battle-style axe of the medieval period. It is cast in one piece with an integrally cast transverse hole through the butt. In shape the axe is irregular in plan with a rectangular butt and expanded blade; in profile it is broadly sub-triangular. The two faces of the butt are similarly shaped in plan; however, one face is much flatter than the other. This is probably due to the method of casting and shape of the mould used. The butt of the axe is square in section and the hole seems to ha…
Created on: Tuesday 6th May 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 19th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingstone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-A05816
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Telford and Wrekin
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copper alloy axe or knife blank / ingot of Chalcolithic / Early Bronze Age date (2450 - 2300 BC). The blank is oval in shape with the butt being rounded narrowed and tapered. In profile it is lentoid in shape and its cross section is a similar lentoid shape. The 'cutting' edge is rounded, from the external edges it tapers gradually until it forms a narrowed but rounded but. There is no sign of a stop ridge or any form of cast design. It is thickest at the mid-point. The surface of the blank is heavily eroded and corroded, small areas of original patinated surface survive but on…
Created on: Thursday 26th July 2018
Last updated: Thursday 6th September 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wenlock', grid reference and parish protected.

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-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: 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: 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-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.

Record ID: IOW-D9E8D3
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
Complete grey patinated flint axe or adze of possible Late Mesolithic or Early Neolithic date (7000 BC – 3000 BC). Length 93mm, width 40.5mm and 25mm thick. Weight 95.44g. The implement has three faces and is sub-triangular in cross-section. The widest of these faces has a slight ridge along the longitudinal axis. Each face is “chipped” overall. As viewed in plan, it has a pointed butt and a curved cutting edge, one side of which has a transverse flake scar. The sides are convex in profile. There are small areas of iron staining on each face.
Created on: Thursday 6th January 2005
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Brighstone Parish', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: KENT2337
Object type: AXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Published
Fairly roughly formed, with several portions of cortex remaining, including an unworked area (c48mm x 30mm) on the thicker edge. Upper side formed by removing flakes from edge to centre. Lower part formed by more indiscriminate striking, mostly in the direction of the unworked area. Mottled mid brown and dark grey flint, milky over much of the surface. Lower side has natural indent just off centre.
Created on: Tuesday 12th December 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENT HOO ST WERBURGH', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: KENT2934
Object type: AXE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Axe head, tinned at blade edge.
Created on: Wednesday 28th March 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'OXFORDSHIRE THAME', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: KENT3281
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Medway
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy axe head fragment. Profile: broadly rectangular in shape, curving outwards slightly towards blade edge, with curved ends. Top and bottom: triangular shaped, tapering towards point, with rounded socket for handle on underside.
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KENT CUXTON', 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-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
Spatial data recorded.

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: KENT-DAD466
Object type: AXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Flint axehead.
Created on: Monday 16th June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: KENT-755127
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
Flint axehead.
Created on: Monday 23rd June 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-085845
Object type: AXE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Anglo-Scandinavian 'T' shaped axe 8th/12th century AD part of an extensive collection from a known settlement. The length is 155mm, width of blade 125.1mm, blade is 36.2 mm wide, thickness 9.5mm shaft above the blade bar of the 'T' is 22.4mm wide by 20.6mm length. The socket has a length of 37.1mm, width is 42.8mm, the eye is slightly square and measures 38.7mm by 24.0mm.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd June 2010
Last updated: Friday 30th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LEA GREEN', grid reference and parish protected.

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: 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: LEIC-F23FD1
Object type: AXE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Early Medieval or Medieval iron axe head, 116mm long, 64mm wide at its widest point, 8 to 16mm thick and weighs over 60g. The elongated triangular shape of the blade suggests a an earlier medieval date, but as the hafting edge is missing and the object is qwuite corroded, its hard to be more precise.
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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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-8D0ED3
Object type: AXE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
An undated miniature axe. 6mm wide, 17mm long, 20mm wide, 3mm thick, weighing 2.23gms. The axe has a protruding shaft and the blade is a strange shape with a protruding upper part.
Created on: Monday 15th November 2004
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
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Record ID: LEIC-3796E7
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze Age copper alloy axe fragment, 16mm long, 17mm wide and 5mm thick. The object is sub rectangular in form and triangular in section and probably represents the edge of an axe.
Created on: Friday 5th August 2005
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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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: 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: 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
Spatial data recorded.

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: LON-F1A665
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
Roughly straight sided triangular axe with a tubular socket (approximately half of the socket is missing).
Created on: Friday 29th August 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: LON-F0CC31
Object type: AXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
Lower Palaeolithic flint biface.Boldly worked small nodule of cherty North Downs flint, appears to have been re-sharpened at its tip by the removal of two transverse flakes,one on each face. Two expanses of original thermal surface and a small area of worn cortex survive at the butt. The piece has developed a glossy creamy-white surface patination, marked with several patches of iron-staining.There are some minor frost cracks,while some of the higher points have suffered weathering.The tip has been broken and repaired since its discovery.
Created on: Monday 22nd September 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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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: 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.

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.

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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.

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Record ID: NARC3070
Object type: AXE
Broad period: PREHISTORIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A sub-triangular ?axe with a great deal of plough damage to both faces, there is a good patina suggesting that the artefact is of antiquity, and some evidence of retouching at the rounded point of the proximal edge on both faces.
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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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Record ID: NLM6514
Object type: AXE
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Hammer axe head, square hole to attach shaft blade on the front hammerhead on the back.
Created on: Thursday 10th October 2002
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'ROXBY CUM RISBY', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-CF9FB4
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Green volcanic stone, from the Lake District (non-specialist identification by MF) Axe. A Greenstone axe presumed to be of Group VI (6), a product of the Langdale Pike axe factory, produced as an oval rough-out and finished by fine polishing which emphasises natural banding of the stone to striking decorative effect. The axe was originally of oval section, tapered towards its butt end and broader at the blade, and would be hafted for use. Use and re-polishing has left an angled blade, which retains its cutting edge. Both sides of the axe have also been reworked and highly p…
Created on: Friday 12th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waddingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-A4AAA4
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Swansea
Workflow stage: Published
Probable Bronze Age fragment, possibly from an axe The bronze object is fragmented and with all edges rounded, possibly through water-rolling (with a length of 15.9mm, a width of 34.8mm, a thickness of 7.8mm and a weight 16.8g). The condition of the object makes any identification speculative. The fragment is of sub-triangular section, resembling the blade of an axe. The sides are not present and the faces are flat. The blade edge has been lost and there no surviving evidence for a socket base. The fragment has a dark green surface patina. The general shape of the bronze may suggest a…
Created on: Friday 12th March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 13th September 2017
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Record ID: NMGW1128
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Pembrokeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Possible flake from a Neolithic polished flint axe.
Created on: Tuesday 26th September 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW3257
Object type: AXE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of a probable iron axe, with an oval eye set within a notably wide expansion. Half of the eye, the poll and the end of the blade are missing. The front face of the surviving part of the blade is straight, while the rear, although initially straight, begins to curve back, presumably to form a wide cutting edge. Unfortunately, the loss of the front of the blade prevents confirmation of this suggestion. The thickness of the blade narrows towards the missing cutting edge suggesting that, when complete, the blade had a triangular longitudinal section. Surviving length 159mm, maximu…
Created on: Thursday 28th June 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NMGW391
Object type: AXE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment of axe blade with a straight front face while the rear face, although straight at first, sweeps back to from a wide cutting edge. The axe blade has a triangular longitudinal section. Part of the cutting edge, most of the socket and the poll are missing and the remaining portion of the axe is heavily corroded. It is not possible to identify with the naked eye the weld line where one side of the socket is joined to the blade. An example of Manning's Type 2 (1985, 15-16, fig.3); however, it is not certain that this axe is Roman in date. The form of many iron tool types are parti…
Created on: Wednesday 25th April 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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: 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: 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-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: 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: SF-A70E90
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Slightly brown stained unpolished flaked axehead with a modern chip showing a grey flint core. Slightly plano-convex in form with all-over working could be of Mesolithic or Neolithic date. The blade edge has large longitudinal flake scars rather than classic tranchet scars, perhaps supporting a Neolithic rather than Mesolithic date. 117.69mm, in length, 40.41mm width, 26.33mm in thickness, 134.58g in weight.
Created on: Wednesday 26th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Combs', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-1D7E43
Object type: AXE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A complete, but encrusted and corroded, iron axe head of possible Roman date. It has a curved and flaring blade that has a triangular longitudinal section. The axe expands to the poll end, which curves downwards, is flat and rectangular in form. The eye through which the axe would have originally have been hafted is oval with an integral projecting lug at the blade end on the upper surface. All surfaces of the axe show signs of extensive corrosive iron products and encrustation, but the axe appears complete. It measures 171mm in length, 40.09mm in width at poll end, 46.23mm in height …
Created on: Monday 4th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 12th October 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drinkstone', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SF2091
Object type: AXE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2000
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SUFFOLK NETTLESTEAD', 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: SF-FCC102
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published
A small complete flint tranchet axehead. Measuring 116mm in length, 37mm in width and 24mm in thickness. This axehead has relatively straight sides and a convex cutting edge. It has some off-white pale blue patination but is mainly varigated browns, mainly medium. This axehead is Mesolithic in date.
Created on: Thursday 22nd July 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stowlangtoft', grid reference and parish protected.

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.

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Record ID: SF8879
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Small flint axe/chisel, with bifacial shallow flake scars and a tranchet cutting edge on one face. Black flint is visible where there is recent damage on the edges and at the butt, but otherwise it is patinated medium grey. Probably Mesolithic, as suggested by the tranchet edge, although the shallow cross-section could possibly suggest a Neolithic date.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'KIRTLING', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-581FD5
Object type: AXE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small body fragment of a cast, copper-alloy Sompting socketed axe of early Iron Age date. Only a small sub-rectangular section of the main body of the axe survives with the breaks indicating its fragmentation in antiquity. The reverse is plain but the obverse displays remains of two parallel ribs terminating one pellet-in-circlet each. There are parallels in Pendleton (1999), no. 125 and 130. The axe is likely to date from the eighth century BC. The length is 20.14mm, the width is 16.79mm, the thickness is 2.67mm and it weighs 4.00g. Dot Boughton notes: 'Complete Early Iron Age s…
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 3rd June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Wilbraham', 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: 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: 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
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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: SUR-B3E701
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
The broken butt of a slender light grey mottled flint axe.
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2011
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-2B9811
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
The side loop from a Late Bronze Age socketed axe. The loop is oval in section.
Created on: Tuesday 1st January 2013
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2014
Spatial data recorded.

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: 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-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: 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: 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: 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: 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
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Record ID: SWYOR-F66988
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Doncaster
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Neolithic polished stone axe or adze made from a volcanic tuff, probably from the Cumbrian Fells, probably Langdale. Only the butt of the axe survives and it is unusually thin and pointed. The fragment is sub triangular in plan. At the wide end is has a straight edge, a break, but patinated to the same colour as the rest of the object.There are very neat side facets which show that the object must be deliberately made. The pointed end tapers in both thickness and width. A diagonal facet across the very tip may be wear or intentional working. The butt shape perhaps …
Created on: Wednesday 6th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th 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-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: WAW-F62522
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze axe of Arreton Down type. Expanded cutting edge, now asymmetrical; there are indications of small raised flanges down each side of the blade. It is likely that these were raised by hammering and not cast. The blade tapers, from its mid-point, towards both the cutting edge and butt. Most of the surface has been lost to corrosion but enough survives to show that the faces of the axe were not decorated. c. 1800 - 1400 BC.
Created on: Thursday 17th July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WAW-E66F96
Object type: AXE
Broad period: PREHISTORIC
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
In plan the axe is an elongated trapezoidal shape. In cross section it is bi-trapezoidal towards the blade. The butt is a sub-oval shape in section. The butt was broken in antiquity. The axe is made from a blue fine grained stone made up of volcanic ash. Ordovician. Found in Wales and the Lake District. (Jon Radley, Warwickshire Museum). The blade has been re-sharpened. The surface has been polished.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: WMID-2C2FB2
Object type: AXE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Iron axe. Length: 155mm; width of blade: 43.3mm; thickness (butt): 40.6mm; mass: 710g. Triangular longitudinal section. Socket with rounded ends and straight sides (length: 42.3mm, width: 22.6mm). Curved wings projecting above and below the socket. In plan, the blade expands towards the cutting edge. One edge of the blade is broadly straight, and the other flares out. Corroded brown surface. A similar although larger axe is included in the: “London Museum Medieval Catalogue”, Ward-Perkins, 1940, number 4 (A13508), p. p56 and figure 12. Ward-Perkins comments that the “wood…
Created on: Wednesday 11th February 2009
Last updated: Friday 30th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilam CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID3159
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
The flint is a rectangular shape. One surface is convex, and this surface has been polished smooth. The narrow edges taper to a sharp edge. The other surface has flake scars, however one narrow end is also polished smooth. The flint has developed a mottled white and grey patina.
Created on: Thursday 5th April 2001
Last updated: Tuesday 21st May 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WARWICKSHIRE PILLERTON HERSEY', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID5081
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
The axe is made of iron. The shaft appears to be curled around to form a socket, but this is not certain. The upper edge of the blade is concave, the cutting edge of the blade is an expanded convex shape. The surface of the axe is corroded. The dating of the axe remains uncertain.
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2002
Last updated: Monday 15th July 2013
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Record ID: WMID134
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dudley
Workflow stage: Published
Neolithic flint axe.
Created on: Wednesday 9th September 1998
Last updated: Thursday 26th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'WEST MIDLANDS', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-0F8192
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A knapped / worked fragment from a possible polished Axehead, of probable Late Neolithic dating (3000 to 2100 BC). The possible axe fragment is sub rectangular in plan, with a sub oval cross section. Approximately 50% of the possible axehead fragment are present, consisting of the blade end. Signs of abrasion / plough roll are present on the majority of the surfaces. The possible axehead fragment measures 53.37mm in length, 43.96mm wide and 18.5mm thick. It weighs 52.8 grams.
Created on: Friday 2nd March 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 7th June 2023
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Record ID: YORYM337
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Polished axe head. Truncated at butt end. Broken in antiquity. Siliceous stone. Beige/grey in colour.
Created on: Tuesday 24th November 1998
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HUMBERSIDE STAMFORD BRIDGE', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYM522
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Polished axe head. Truncated at butt end. Broken in antiquity. Siliceous stone. Beige/grey in colour.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd March 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'HUMBERSIDE STAMFORD BRIDGE', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYMM235
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Stockton-on-Tees
Workflow stage: Published
Relatively standard shape and size. Finely polished siliceous material. Cream/beige in colour. Some in situ damage (see illustrations). Regular convex section. Cutting edge sharp. Butt unbroken.
Created on: Friday 18th December 1998
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: YORYMB220
Object type: AXE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Sunday 14th November 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'East Yorks', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYMB256
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Neolithic polished stone axe head. Only the butt end remains; it is truncated transversely across the middle.No retouching o is visible. Ovoid section, completely symmetrical. Some damage in antiquity and historic damage (main axis of truncation).
Created on: Tuesday 4th January 2000
Last updated: Monday 28th March 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-151206
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete stone axehead of Neolithic date. The axehead is oval in section with narrow and flattened sides. One face is smooth and polished while the other has a large indentation an two patches which have been scraped. The wear around the edges of this area suggest the damage is old. The axe is comprised of a grey-green fine-grained siliceous tuff - a sedimentary volcanic rock possibly from the Great Langdale quarries in Cumbria. This stone was most probably chosen for its colour and fineness which allowed it to be highly polished. It is likely that axes such as this were high s…
Created on: Tuesday 7th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bridlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-530EF3
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete stone axehead of Neolithic date. The axehead is sub-oval in both plan and section with extensive damage to one side. One face is smooth and polished while the other has lost much of its original surface due to damage resulting in a rough irregular appearance. The cutting edge of the axe is still fairly sharp with two small damaged notches to either side. The axe is comprised of a grey-green fine-grained siliceous tuff - a sedimentary volcanic rock possibly from the Great Langdale quarries in Cumbria. This stone was most probably chosen for its colour and fineness which…
Created on: Friday 10th February 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bridlington', grid reference and parish protected.