Record ID: NMS-6159F8
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Elongated axe or adze of extraordinary form and patination, the cutting edge and one side of the butt are damaged, as well as three smaller chips to one lateral edge, these show the flint was originally dark grey/black, the surfaces are now patinated white and dark rusty mottles the darker orange is more pronounced to the dorsal face than the ventral (flatter of the two), the edges and the high points to the flake scars of the flint is breaking down and re-corticating, especially to the paler of the two sides, all flake scars appear to be semi-hard hammer struck and neatly overlap at t…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Record ID: ESS-6383C7
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed bronze axe. The fragment, part of the blade, is 35mm in length, 42mm in width across the blade and 4mm at its thickest part. It is much abraded, which has lead to the loss of the entire original surface, including the cutting edge.
Created on: Friday 6th October 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 5th March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-FFA9AA
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Ground stone axe or adze, of Augite Granophyre from the Welsh North coast, petrological Group VII (Clough and Cummins ,CBA Research Report No 23, 1979) from the axe factories in the Penmaenmawr area, Caernarvonshire. In water worn and abraded condition with the most noticeable loss to the cutting edge, now partially encrusted with barnacles showing that the axe has been in a stable marine/intertidal environment for some time, probably the rest of the axe was partially buried, with part of the axe surface exposed to the water long enough for them to colonis…
Created on: Monday 2nd November 2020
Last updated: Thursday 29th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-E38598
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavy butted Neolithic fully ground and polished flint axe, of white patinated flint with a slightly grey inclusions to one face, all surfaces have both spotty iron stains and streaks from contact with agricultural machinery. The axe has been damaged at some point to the cutting edge, it appears that a large flake has initiated at the cutting edge (presumably in use) and has left a “plunging” flake to one face, the flake has terminated in a large step fracture, this is a common feature to axes that have broken in use, like NMS-7AE7C9, NMS-E21D6A and NMS-4EA515, the last t…
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: NARC-C1D0E2
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lithic implement: Part of a Neolithic greenstone axehead, of sub-oval profile (truncated at one end), and lenticular section. The tool is polished on all original surfaces. Neither the blade edge nor the broken edge is still sharp. The stone is a blue-green colour and may be of a particular form of tuff known as 'greenstone', which has its source in Great Langdale (Lake District), Cumbria. Greenstone was particularly well-suited for the manufacture of polished axes and adzes,as well as rougher tools, and as a result greenstone objects were traded extensively across Great Britai…
Created on: Wednesday 20th February 2008
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
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Record ID: YORYM-BF3D64
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete very fine and well finished axe of Neolithic to early Bronze Age date. The object has an rounded oval section, which has been ground at one end to form a chamfered blade end. The blade has broken in places, as a result of shallow chips. It is important to notice the polishing striations which have been left behind on the surface of the axe. On the rounded surfaces the striations are longitudinal, where as the striations on the blade section are more irregular and curved. The blade proper has short longitudinal striations, this is where the chipping has occurred. The …
Created on: Thursday 12th November 2009
Last updated: Monday 29th January 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'North Ferriby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-F32111
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thick, triangular sectioned blade, soft hammer struck from broken axe; one side of the blade is fully polished and was originally part of the outer surface of the axe, given the curvature of the polished face of this flake it appears it was taken from the curve towards the cutting edge, near to one side of the axe, using the transverse break in the axehead as a platform. Broken axeheads do get used as a core occasionally as they would produce flakes with a polished dorsal surface if they could not be reshaped in to a smaller axe, such as this example: SWYOR-CDDF43. Neolithic, 4,000 to …
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9C98C0
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nearly complete, part polished axe, of orange patinated flint, the grey spots to this face are the coarse inclusions within the flint, the other face is a lighter buff colour, probably due to the chalk or other alkali within the deposits it was lain in, the orange is usually due to exposure to iron oxides in glacial sands, this piece must have been deposited on a chalk/sand change in stratification to acquire the differential patination. The cutting edge is recently damaged on one side, this shows the original colour of the flint to have been mottled light greys. All surfaces are mod…
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: LON-81C45E
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic polished flint axehead dating from 4000-2200 BC.  Dimensions: length: 91.77mm; width: 49.83mm; thickness: 25.22mm; weight: 140.83g
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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Record ID: LON-81C098
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic polished flint axehead dating from 4000-2200 BC. The axehead has a pointed lozenge shaped cross section.  Dimensions: length: 158mm; width: 64.11mm; thickness: 34.87mm; weight: 456g
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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Record ID: SF-C1BA96
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The blade end of a Neolithic polished stone axe head. The blades front profile is slightly asymmetical-curved, in plan it is a relatively straight edge but angled. The axe is somewhat 'bean-shaped' in cross-section at the break. The break is old and worn. The axe is made from an irregular large grained stone, probably a granite, on the surface there is angular glossy black crystalline grains between a matt gre/brown structure visible in cross-section. The origin of this stone is unknown, but probably from an 'axe-factory' perhaps from Cornwall, Craig Llewd, Wales or the…
Created on: Monday 3rd March 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 25th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bury St Edmunds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-41186A
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Neolithic knapped stone axehead, c.4000-2500 BC. The axe is made from white flint with greyish inclusions. The axehead appears to have been partially polished after knapping, then received later damage along the cutting edge, where flakes have chipped off. The axe is slender and lenticular in cross section.  For a more complete example, see ESS-BDF267.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C2C8A8
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thin butted axe or adze of dark grey flint with faint, pale grey patination to one face and red/brown streaks within the flint. The tip of the butt is broken transversely in antiquity and just below this there is a slight thermal flaw in the flint that was present at the time of manufacture, also there is recent damage to the cutting edge and one side. As the cutting edge is sharpened by a tranchet flake removal, this axe/adze is likely to date from the Mesolithic period: 10,000 to 4,000 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2017
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2023
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Record ID: NMS-F506F1
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large and elongated axe or chisel, of light mottled grey flint becoming darker towards the butt, with brown patinated coarse inclusions throughout. All flake removals are hared hammer struck with only a few terminating in hinges, no grinding is noted to either the cutting edge or the lateral edges. Slight asymmetry to the profile may cause some to classify this piece as an adze.
Created on: Friday 4th January 2019
Last updated: Thursday 24th August 2023
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Record ID: CAM-559728
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Perforated Stone Battle Axe, Hammer Head Early Bronze Age c. 2.300- 1200 BC. A fragment of a Battle Axe, or stone Hammer, Made from either Millstone Grit, or Oolitic Limestone that' s been ground and worked. Trapezoidal in shape and tapering down to a blunt point, with a hole through the centre at which point the axe has fractured, the hole would of been approximately 24.30 mm in diameter. The top surface being concave in shape, and the sides being flat and with fairly sharp edges, two edges showing some signs of wear.
Created on: Thursday 7th October 2004
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Huntingdon District Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-BDF267
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete polished stone axe of Neolithic date (4000-2500BC) Description: The axe is made from mid grey stone with iron staining in places, it has been knapped and then polished to give a smooth appearance. The surface has some later damage where flakes have chipped off, particularly along the cutting edge, which appear darker grey. The axe is sub-triangular in plan and lenticular in cross section. It is narrower at the butt end, measuring 25.2mm wide and 10.6mm thick. It is thickest at the mid-section, measuring 30.8mm. It is widest at the curved cutting edge, measuring 48.4mm …
Created on: Monday 10th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 18th July 2023
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Record ID: LIN-BC4CCE
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Neolithic polished axe of Group VI Great Langdale volcanic tuff dating to c. 4000 - 2200 BC. Only the cutting edge portion has survived and it is sub-rectangular in form and pointed oval in cross-section. The cutting edge has been reworked with a smoothed lateral facet or is very worn. The axe thickens towards the truncated end and there is some damage to the surviving lengths. Smooth surface with a greyish-green patina.  Length (originally the width, measured diagonally to the longest length): 65.69 mm; Width (originally the length)…
Created on: Monday 10th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 17th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Donington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-384B58
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large flint fragment comprising most of the blade of a ground or polished flint axe of light grey flint.
Created on: Thursday 11th November 2004
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-C843F6
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small flake from a ground flint axe of Neolithic date. The flint is opaque and light grey.
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2010
Last updated: Friday 23rd June 2023
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Record ID: SUR-2A22B3
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic flint axe. The axe is long (131mm) and slender and is made from a cherty grey flint which has been heavily patinated white. The axe has extensive iron staining.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 8th June 2023
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