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.