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
Spatial data recorded.

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: 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: 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
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
Spatial data recorded.

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: 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
Spatial data recorded.

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: 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-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
Spatial data recorded.