Record ID: YORYM-744B09
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete knapped, ground and polished stone axehead of late Neolithic date, c. 2700 - 2300 BC. The axehead is formed of a fine grained red/brown stone. The axehead is sub-ovate in plan; narrower at the butt end with sides which widen to the crescentic cutting edge. The axe has a slight humped profile and a regular oval cross section. A large transverse break is present to one surface. The blade end exhibits prominent crescentic polished facets to both sides reflecting how the cutting edge has been ground and sharpened. It is impossible to source axes such as these wi…
Created on: Tuesday 7th March 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 15th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-A13058
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete knapped, ground and polished flint axehead of late Neolithic date, c. 2700 - 2300 BC. The axehead is formed of an orange/brown flint with larger pale inclusions and small dark inclusions; probably a North Sea type flint. The axehead is sub-ovate in plan; narrower at the butt end with sides which gradually widen to the crescentic cutting edge. The axe has a slight humped profile and a regular oval cross section. The sides have three distinctive polished facets creating a slightly angled appearance with visible striations. The blade end exhibits prominent …
Created on: Thursday 12th March 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 8th April 2020
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Record ID: YORYM-12881E
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete stone axe of Neolithic date, circa 4000 - 2300 BC. Ground and polished stone axe, oval in section and tapering sharply from the curved cutting edge to the rounded butt end. It is abraded, particularly along the longitudinal edges. The stone is pale green/grey in colour. Length: 74.7mm, width: 28.6mm, thickness: 19.6mm, weight: 60.5g
Created on: Wednesday 12th June 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 31st July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cottam', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-884EAC
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment probably from the blade end of a polished stone axehead of Neolithic date (c. 4000 - 2350 BC). The fragment appears to be the corner of the blade end of the axehead, with a diagonal break at the top end of the fragment. A further horizontal break is evident at the base of the fragment. A section of the tapered cutting edge is evident with ground and polished sides. The axehead is made of a fine grained igneous rock, possibly dolerite, and is rough with quartz inclusions. The fragment is 55.6mm in length, 34.1mm in width, and has a thickness of 22.6mm. The weight is 61.2 …
Created on: Sunday 12th May 2019
Last updated: Monday 20th May 2019
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Record ID: YORYM-1B44A3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete stone axe of Neolithic date, circa 4000 - 2300 BC. Ground and polished stone axe, oval in section and tapering sharply from the curved cutting edge to the rounded butt end. The dorsal face is flatenned, the ventral surface is curved. The stone is green/grey in colour, flecked with black. It is irregularly worn across it's surface and has four prominent chips missing from the cutting edge. Length: 168mm, width: 64mm, thickness: 39.7mm, weight: 560g
Created on: Monday 11th February 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 13th February 2019
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Record ID: YORYM-8B9647
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete polished flint axehead of Neolithic date, c. 4000-2350 BC. The axehead is bi-convex and has a sub-rectangular profile and a pointed oval section. It has a smooth ground surface and a tapered ground curvilinear cutting edge. The axehead terminates at a blunt break part-way along its length. The break bears traces of the same cream discolouration as the outer surfaces, suggesting that the break is old. Small flakes have been lost from both surfaces of the axehead, and one large flake has been lost from the edge of one surface, at the narrowest part of the axehead. The a…
Created on: Friday 11th January 2019
Last updated: Friday 18th January 2019
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Record ID: YORYM-3BAD47
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete ground stone axehead of late Neolithic date, c. 4000 - 2300 BC. The axehead is sub-ovate in plan, narrower at the butt end with a rounded curve to the cutting edge. It has an ovate section. The butt end and cutting edge are damaged, the latter more so. The unpolished nature of the object suggests it was not properly finished. Gabroic, coarse grained, with mica inclusions. The axehead is 99.1mm long, 62.6mm to 39.7mm wide, 37.6mm thick and weighs 400g.
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 18th October 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-3B9FD3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete ground or polished stone axehead of late Neolithic date, c. 4000 - 2300 BC. The axehead is sub-ovate in plan, narrower at the butt end with a steep curve to the cutting edge. It has a facetted ovate section with squared off sides. The butt end and cutting edge are damaged. Dolerite, fine grained. The axehead is 107.1mm long, 63.6mm to 35.6mm wide, 31.5mm thick and weighs 332g.
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 18th October 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-3B85FF
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete stone axehead of late Neolithic date, c. 4000 - 2300 BC. The axehead is sub-ovate in plan, widest at the centre and curving to either end with the butt narrower than the cutting edge. It has an oval section. Gabroic, coarse grained, with mica inclusions. The axehead is c.223mm long, 53.8mm to 69mm to 21.1mm wide, 41.2mm thick and weighs 955g.
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2018
Last updated: Thursday 18th October 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-41BB73
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete ground or polished stone axehead of late Neolithic date, c. 3500 - 2300 BC. The axehead is sub-ovate in plan, narrower at the butt end with a fairly steep curve to the cutting edge. It has a pointed oval section. The butt end is damaged and worn. The axehead is 114.7mm long, 54.9 - 21.1mm wide, 30.5mm thick and weighs 267g.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2018
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-E7D43A
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment from a polished stone axehead of Neolithic date (c. 4000 - 2350 BC), made from stone from Langdale, Cumbria. The fragment is light green in colour, with a smooth polished surface. The fragment seems to be from the butt end of the axehead; a small section of tapered edge from the butt end is evident, as well as one side edge. Much of the original face survives on one side but is largely missing on the other. Overall, the axehead appears to have been pointed oval in section. The fragment is 38.47mm in length, 47.89mm in width and 17.93mm in thickness. It weighs 36.59g. Langd…
Created on: Tuesday 6th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-E78C4D
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment probably from the butt end of a polished stone axehead of Neolithic date (c. 4000 - 2350 BC). The fragment is tapered at the edge but widens rapidly. It has a pointed oval section. A portion has broken off to the side of one of the faces. The original surface of the object is smooth, while the surface of the breaks is rough. The butt edge is slightly chipped. The fragment is 50.97mm in length, 30.72mm in width and 34.48mm in thickness. It weighs 38.96g.
Created on: Tuesday 6th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-E755D0
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Fragment probably from the blade end of a polished stone axehead of Neolithic date (c. 4000 - 2350 BC). The fragment appears to be the corner of the blade end of the axehead, with a diagonal break at the top of the fragment. A section of the tapered curved cutting edge is evident and a side edge, which is set at an angle suggestive that the object flared towards the blade edge. Enough can be made out to infer that the overall section of the object would have been oval. The stone is rough with quartz inclusions. The fragment is 52.61mm in length, 25.86mm in width and 24.49mm in thickne…
Created on: Tuesday 6th March 2018
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2018
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Record ID: YORYM-DE2E6E
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Neolithic stone axehead, dating to the period c.3500 - 2100 BC. The axehead is lenticular in cross-section and semi-circular in plan, with a break along its straight edge. Therefore most of the body and the butt end are missing. It narrows in thickness towards the blade, which is now very worn and has pieces missing. Chips are also present in the stone along the broken edge. The axehead fragment measures 63.67mm in length, 40.92mm in width, 20.87mm in thickness at its broken end and weighs 82g. The axe is comprised of a grey-green fine-grained siliceous tuff - a …
Created on: Monday 24th October 2016
Last updated: Friday 13th April 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Driffield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-A0B088
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete though probably unfinished stone axehead of Neolithic date. The axehead is trapezoidal in plan with a pointed ovate section. The surfaces are rough with a chip to one side of the cutting edge and two smaller chips along one long side. The crude shaping and unpolished nature of the object suggests it was not properly finished. The axe fragment is 79.5mm long, 36.4mm wide, 18.1mm thick and weighs 200g. 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 p…
Created on: Monday 18th May 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd September 2015
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Record ID: YORYM-5A8B72
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete knapped lithic implement of late Neolithic date, circa 2700 - 2100 BC. The axehead is sub-ovate in plan and pointed ovate in section. The implement has been bi-facially worked with flaking over all surfaces and appears to have been struck from various directions. The edges have been more extensively worked with fine shallow retouch creating the cutting edge. The flint is a mid mottled grey colour with abundant lighter inclusions. The axehead is 102.5mm long, 44.9mm to 22.4mm wide, 17.3mm thick and weighs 97g.
Created on: Wednesday 28th May 2014
Last updated: Thursday 29th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Grindale', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-8494D4
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
White flint (patinated overall) polished axe fragment. Flint axe comprising a sub-ovoid axe head with one straight side, possibly from an ancient break. The flint bears either large hard hammer flake removal scars or similarly abrupt damage over all other areas except that near the cutting edge, and these confer the appearance of a particularly graceless Mesolithic Seamer-style axe. However, the cutting edge is curved and finely polished on both sides, and this feature commends a Neolithic date. It remains uncertain whether most flaking post-dated the polished finishing of the axe, as…
Created on: Tuesday 18th March 2014
Last updated: Monday 22nd February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'near Fridaythorpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-656162
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone axehead of Neolithic date (4000-2350 BC). The lithic is bi-convex and sub-rectangular in profile, with a smooth ground surface and tapered ground curvilinear (incomplete) cutting edge. The portion of the axe situated directly behind the cutting edge remains predominantly intact, however, the integrity of the lithic reduces sharply past the mesial point. Large and deep negative scars have removed a portions of the ground surface of the axehead, significantly more on one side of the object, and are most probably due to post depositional processes. The break situated …
Created on: Tuesday 22nd October 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
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Record ID: YORYM-BEBD16
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone axehead of Neolithic date, circa 3500 - 2100 BC. Both the butt and cutting edge of the axehead no longer remain leaving only the middle section of the object. The surviving portion is trapezoidal in plan and sub-oval in section with extensive damage to both ends. The undamaged surface of the axehead is smooth and polished with rounded sides and edges though a number of shallow scratches are present and were probably caused by modern agricultural practices. The axe is comprised of a grey-green fine-grained siliceous tuff - a sedimentary volcanic rock possibly from…
Created on: Tuesday 9th July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 18th July 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bridlington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-3ED4F4
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but unfinished axehead of probable Neolithic date. The axehead is ovate in plan, being narrower at the butt end than the cutting edge and is sub-rectangular in section. The right edge tapers smoothly from the ventral and dorsal surface to join in a sharp pointed edge while the left edge has not been so heavily worked and the two surfaces are joined by a wide right angled edge. Numerous flakes of differing sizes have been removed from the surface during the shaping process however large patches of cortex remaining suggest the shaping process was not completed, this is suppor…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ulrome', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-5B6054
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete polished or ground stone axehead of Neolithic date. The axehead is oval in section with squared-off chamfered edges. The object tapers towards both the cutting edge and squared butt end which no longer remains, due to a break. The cutting edge is chipped and a number of cuts and scraps are present on the upper and lower surfaces. The stone is a light greenish-grey colour and is coarse. The object is 59.6mm long, 47.6mm wide, 19mm thick and weighs 68g.
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2010
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Paull', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-F406C3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic axe (or possibly an adze). The axe dates from between circa 3500 BC to 2100 BC. The implement has been extensively knapped and highly polished into a sub-oval shape. The stone is a fine-grained volcanic ash probably from the Lake District. One terminal is slightly pointed; the other (the butt) is rounded. The butt end has been damaged and a large chunk has been removed, this probably happened relatively recently. No natural cortex is visible on the surface of the axe. The rounded butt end of the axe or adze has been finely knapped, to form a sharp and precise cutting edg…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd April 2008
Last updated: Friday 24th May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stamford Bridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-2929E5
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Polished or ground stone axehead fashioned from a light greyish-green coarse stone. Neolithic, circa 3500 to 2100 BC, possibly a Langdale greenstone axe. Oval in section, tapered towards both rounded cutting edge and squared butt end. The axe has some minor later damage, and some chips in the cutting edge. The axe is unsual in that it is divided into two areas - a polished half at the cutting edge end, and a rough, pitted half at the butt end. The two areas are clearly defined, and almost certainly deliberate (the pitting is perhaps to provide the butt with better grip).
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Everingham', grid reference and parish protected.