Record ID: LVPL-AC3CB1
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone axe-hammer head dating from the final phases of the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age. The axe head has been damaged, most likely by a plough, there are scratch marks on the sides and at the butt end some chunks have been broken off. Overall the axe head is sub-triangular in plan, with the butt having rounded corners and the blade not being central. The shafthole is midway between the blade and butt but is not equi-distant from the sides. It is circular and smooth all the way through. The axe is made from a hard, grey, igenous stone. Using Roe's typology this is a Class 2 …
Created on: Wednesday 16th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 17th March 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-404004
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Neolithic axehead with damaged cutting and butt ends. It measures 94.2x49.4(cutting edge)x28.6mm and weighs 235.87g. The axehead is lentoid in section but the sides are flattened. The cutting edge is quite thick - 5.5mm at breaks - and has very jagged damage. The butt end (38.8mm wide) is more damaged, possibly recently as it shows a black colour beneath the surface. The rest of the axe has an amount of orangey iron staining. The stone is not local, and may possibly be from Cornwall. It consists of large particles and looks a little like granite.
Created on: Saturday 16th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-F81527
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete Neolithic Group VI Langdale axehead. The highly polished greenstone has a homogenous structure and a chip on the cutting edge. The length is 100.0mm, the width is 50.6mm, the thickness is 46.8mm and the weight is 183.59g.
Created on: Monday 25th June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: SOM-B857F3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete polished stone axehead of probable Neolithic date. The axehead is 80.5mm long, 50.8mm wide with a maximum thickness of 22.8mm, being of thick-butted and elliptical cross-section. It weighs 134g. The axehead is of fine-grained sand-stone with a silicious cement and of chipped and ground manufacture. The source of the stone is possibly North Devon, the Quantocks or the Brendon Hills (pers. comm. Dennis Parsons). There are minimal signs of wear.
Created on: Wednesday 4th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Perrott', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-25DD76
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint axehead. The axe dates from between circa 3500 BC to 2100 BC. The implement has been extensively knapped into a long sub-oval tapering shape. One terminal is slightly pointed, the other is rounded. Some natural cortex is visible on the surface of the flint and some flaws in the make up of the flint are also visible. The rounded butt end of the axe has been finely knapped, to form a sharp and precise cutting edge, which resembles Neolithic scraper technology. The knapping scars have formed high arrises. Running roughly down the centre of each side of the flint ther…
Created on: Monday 9th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Plumpton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-B4D616
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a polished stone axehaed of probable Neolithic date. The axehead is 49mm long, 37.3mm wide and 28.4mm thick and weighs 78g. The stone is probably a very finely-banded local sandstone but has characteristics of metamorphic rock, possibly a fine-grained gneiss, in which case it is not local (pers. comm. Dennis Parsons). There are minimal signs of surface wear.
Created on: Monday 16th July 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'South Perrott', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AC8838
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pale grey part-polished axehead, stained a pale and medium reddish brown, there is some unstained retouch and damage. Neolithic and possibly later use in the Bronze Age.
Created on: Tuesday 21st August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Great Finborough', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-12BEC1
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic polished stone axehead. The green coloured axe is sub-triangular in plan and pointed oval in cross section. The axe tapers in thickness to the cutting edge, which is still very sharp. The tip of the butt end is missing and there are some small chips removed on both faces. The greenstone comes from Great Langdale in Cumbria. The surviving length is 97.7mm, the width at the cutting edge is 61.2mm, the thickness is 26.5mm and the weight is 220.0g.
Created on: Friday 7th September 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.

Record ID: HESH-277E48
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but damaged knapped, ground and polished axe-head of probable later Neolithic date (2900-2100 BC). The axe is knapped from a mid grey buff volcanic tuff. This rock type is formed from compressed volcanic ash and has a fine grained composition with infrequent crystalline inclusions. Tuff is found in Britain and Ireland in a band that runs down the Irish Sea from the Lake District (the Langdale's source Group VI), County Antrim (Ireland), through North Wales (Graig Lwyd Group VII), and into Cornwall and Devon (Groups XVI and IV respectively). Volcanic tuff is similar to flint…
Created on: Thursday 20th September 2007
Last updated: Friday 15th May 2015
Spatial data recorded.

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.

Record ID: YORYM-3BF3B6
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic Polished/Ground Stone Axehead. Material is probably a fine grained volcanic rock with small amounts of secondary metamorphic garnet, possibly originating in the Lake District (a substantial number of stone axes found in York originate in the Lake District). The axe has been ground/polished to a smooth but pitted surface. One face of the axehead is flat, the other is ridged, giving a roughly triangular section. The broad end of the axe is present, but the narrow end has broken off (roughly 1/3 of the axehead may be missing).
Created on: Wednesday 3rd October 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Knapton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-BC1063
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small Neolithic polished axe made from a fine grained, green igneous rock typical of the Lake District. Recent damage to butt end of the axe, and several recent chips on the blade. Possible original flaking on the side of the axe which has been obscured by the more recent damage. Greenish patination. The implement has been extensively knapped and highly polished into a sub-oval shape. The axe is wedge-shaped and the edges of the axe are chamfered and well finished. The axe dates from between circa 3500 BC to 2100 BC.
Created on: Monday 2nd March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gayton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-535862
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible polished axe-head or model of an axe-head of later Neolithic (2900-2100 BC). There is a great amount of debate in the identification of this artefact. In shape and form it is very similar to known polished axes of the Neolithic period, however, it seems to have been formed from a sedimentary 'mud stone' rock. This is highly unusual as the stone is thought to be too soft for tool production, hence the alternative interpretation as a potential model, in that it looks and would have acted as an axe in every way apart from being functional. The mudstone axe is shaped, probably kn…
Created on: Monday 9th March 2009
Last updated: Friday 15th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Craven Arms', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-847482
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete Neolithic flint polished axehead, consisting of the butt end and weighing 138.74g. It measures 97.47mm. The butt end is curving in shape and measures 32.44x10.26mm. The break at the other end appears to have occurred across a natural fault in the flint. The edges have not been improved or reworked. It measures 56.92x27.26mm (widest, thickest place). The flint is very heavily patinated - the entire fragment is white (with patches of iron staining). The polishing extends over the entire surface of the axehead, with the odd chip removed. The edges are squared off to 5mm high. …
Created on: Monday 11th May 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd May 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-EA86E3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but slightly damaged knapped, ground and polished flint axehead of probable later Neolithic date (2900-2100 BC). The axe is knapped from a mid orange coloured flint with considerable mid - pale yellow and milky white inclusions. This axe 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. One long edge tapers more than the other edge. The axe measures 179.5mm length, 72.1mm width (at cutting edge), and is 40.9mm thick. It weighs 587 grams.…
Created on: Thursday 28th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 15th May 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-F00452
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Neolithic polished flint axehead (3500 BC-2100 BC). This axehead is flattish and slender and the surface colour is mottled and ranges from mid-grey to black. It is sub-rectangular in plan being slightly narrower at the butt end. Close to the butt end the width is about 42.0mm and at the cutting edge it has a width of 46.5mm. The cutting edge is curved evenly. In side view, it is slightly curved throughout its length and is an elongated pointed oval shape. It has traces of polishing on both faces but not along the sides. This polishing is on some of the high spots, but not …
Created on: Saturday 1st January 2011
Last updated: Friday 13th May 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HESH-DA8148
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: County of Herefordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible polished axe-head or model of an axe-head of later Neolithic (2900-2100 BC). There is a great amount of debate in the identification of this artefact. In shape and form it is very similar to known polished axes of the Neolithic period; however, it is formed from local fine grained mud / sandstone and is maybe better described as a naturally occurring axe-shaped nodule. The stone is too soft for tool production, hence a third and rather tenuous alternative interpretation as a potential model, in that it looks and would have acted as an axe in every way apart from being functio…
Created on: Monday 24th January 2011
Last updated: Monday 2nd March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leintwardine', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-502857
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic polished stone axehead (3500-2100BC). The axehead is sub-triangular in plan with a facetted cutting edge. It is of Hachette form and probably had a sleeve made from antler, bone or wood. The cutting edge is assymetrical showing either wear or damage to one corner. Dimensions: length: 95.96mm; width: 48.85mm; thickness: 30.23mm; weight: 229.70g. Identification by Jon Cotton, Senior Prehistoric Curator Museum of London.
Created on: Friday 11th February 2011
Last updated: Friday 11th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DENO-4DA072
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Neolithic polished stone axehead fragment. From towards the butt end, but both ends broken and large flake broken off one surface (ancient damage). Longitudinal striations on middle of both surfaces, and diagonal striations at the edges/sides - presumably from polishing. Patinated brown-grey all over, except for tiny chip revealing blue-grey stone - probably Great Langdale stone. Length 52.1mm, width 39mm-50.5mm, thickness 22.4mm, weight
Created on: Wednesday 23rd February 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 18th October 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elmton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-A24F85
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone, Volcanic Tufa (non-specialist identification by MF) polished axehead. One end of a polished stone axe, broken short of its mid-point with a large chip spalled from the break in antiquity. Of oval section with a well-preserved cutting edge which bears two small chips. Though the colour is now brown overall this is probably staining from the sandy local soil. Small chips of recent damage reveal a grey-green colour suggesting this to be a Group 6 axe from Langdale Pike, Cumbria. Suggested date: Neolithic, 3500-2100 BC. Length: 49mm, Width: 47.7mm, Thickness: 23.6mm, Weight: 6…
Created on: Friday 11th March 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 26th August 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'High Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-E209C7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic polished stone axehead (3500 BC-2100 BC). The implement is sub-rectangular in plan and has curved sides in profile. One edge is flat and the opposite edge has 'peck' marks. The evenly curving cutting edge has some modern breaks. This axe appears to have been broken and then remodelled by flaking at the butt end. The axehead is slightly rolled. 78.8 x 59.4 x 31.3mm. Weight: 112.90g. This fine grained axehead is greyish blue and is possibly a Langdale stone.
Created on: Monday 14th March 2011
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-49EF35
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic polished stone axehead (3500 BC-2100 BC). In plan, the sides flare evenly from the butt towards the cutting edge. The cutting edge is evenly curved and has two small modern chips. The stone is polished but is much smoother near the cutting edge than elsewhere. At the incomplete butt end where there are old breaks (it may have been battered) the width is about 32.0mm and its maximum width at the cutting edge is 62.3mm. In side view it is slightly convex in profile. However, closer to the butt end on one side it is slightly concave. The stone is off-white w…
Created on: Thursday 31st March 2011
Last updated: Thursday 31st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-C79C74
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken and incomplete Neolithic polished stone axehead (c. 3500 - c. 2100 BC). The blade has been chipped and damaged (W.: 49.9mm), but the majority of damage/losses have occurred to the body resulting in the loss of the butt. Where complete, the axehead is lenticular in cross-section and in side view. In plan, the sides flare evenly from the butt end towards the cutting edge. The cutting edge is evenly curved and has received much pecking, probably post depositional. The polishing seems to be all over the extant surface, along with some very fine scratch marks, mostly longitudinal…
Created on: Wednesday 6th April 2011
Last updated: Thursday 4th August 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Micheldever CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-4600B6
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An irregular fragment from the butt of a ground and polished axehead of later Neolithic date (3000 - 2100 BC). The axe is knapped from a mid grey buff volcanic tuff. This rock type is formed from compressed volcanic ash and has a fine grained composition; there is no sign of inclusions within the exposed fresh surface. Tuff is found in Britain and Ireland in a band that runs down the Irish Sea from the Lake District (the Langdale's source Group VI), County Antrim (Ireland), through North Wales (Graig Lwyd Group VII), and into Cornwall and Devon (Groups XVI and IV respectively). Volcan…
Created on: Tuesday 12th April 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 27th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-9CAC70
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Neolthic flint axehead (3500 BC-2100 BC). The fragment is the butt end of the axehead. It is sub-rectangular in plan, sub-triangular in side view and pointed oval in cross-section. Both faces have been knapped overall. The arises are not sharp. No polish visible. One face has a light buff patina and the other face has a variable patina ranging from pale buff to reddish brown. The break is old and is also patinated in similar colors to the faces. 60.6 x 41.2 x 20.9mm. Weight: 56.94g.
Created on: Saturday 16th April 2011
Last updated: Monday 18th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-BF92D2
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone, dense dark grey, possibly an erratic cobble. Possible Axe Head. Oval pebble, possibly ground or polished to an oval section. The stone has 'delaminated' on most of one surface and on part of the other, thereby losing about a 1mm layer. Suggested date (if not naturally formed): Neolithic, 3500-2100 BC. Length: 85mm, Width: 68mm, Thickness: 39mm, Weight: 310gms.
Created on: Monday 18th April 2011
Last updated: Thursday 7th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton upon Humber', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-D6C3B4
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A polished stone axehead with degraded granular surfaces over majority of the surface. Stone type not analysed, possibly Lake District/ Northumbrian source. Blade end and face of blade lost other side still displays polish. Slightly tapered rounded sides to rounded butt. 280mm in length, 59.8mm in width, 33.2mm in thickness and 440g in weight.
Created on: Monday 26th July 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 18th September 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Mildenhall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-D6DDC2
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic polished stone axehead (3500 BC-2100 BC). The implement is polished overall and has several modern scratch marks. In plan, the sides are straight and flare outwards from the rounded butt towards the curved cutting edge. The cutting edge is asymmetrical and there is no evidence of re-sharpening. Viewed from the side, the butt is rounded and the sides are slightly convex. The stone, mottled light and dark green, does not occur in the Isle of Wight. 117.7 x 62.4 x 34.9mm. Weight: c. 370.0g
Created on: Monday 26th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 13th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CPAT-E04557
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An axehead of polished fine-grained, greeny-grey stone. Complete and undamaged apart from a possible plough mark on one flank. The broad, curved blade is sharp and the axehead tapers to a narrower butt. The top and bottom edges have been smoothed off to form narrow, flat surfaces. Found on the surface of a ploughed field. The source is probably Cumbria.
Created on: Monday 13th September 2010
Last updated: Monday 13th September 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kerry', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CPAT-B4A897
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lump of pale cream flint. Of rounded triangular shape with what might be a fragment of polished surface remaining. It is possibly a fragment of a polished axehead. There are no traces of striking or retouch.
Created on: Thursday 23rd September 2010
Last updated: Thursday 23rd September 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-71C204
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete Neolithic (3500-2100 BC) greenstone axehead, measuring 87.82x65.78x32.81mm and weighing 295.46g. There is some (worn) damage at the butt end and on one face (the flatter face). The surface is now rough and pitted due to weathering, but would have originally been polished smooth. The axehead is sub-triangular in shape and lenticular in cross section. It is widest and flattest at the cutting edge (65.78x3.10mm) and narrowest at the butt end (49.10mm). It is thickest just below the butt end (32.81mm). The sides of the axehead are flattened. The cutting edge is shar…
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Collingbourne Ducis', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HESH-C57A28
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, but damaged, knapped, ground and polished flint axehead of probable later Neolithic date (2900-2100 BC). The axe is knapped from a mottled grey coloured flint with considerable mid-pale grey and milky white inclusions. 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 sides of the axe have clear well defined side facets which extend from the cutting edge to the butt…
Created on: Monday 18th October 2010
Last updated: Friday 15th May 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Craven Arms', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CF4681
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint axe of Neolithic date, 3500-2100 BC. It is roughly rectangular in shape, with a lozengiform cross section, and rounded narrow terminals. The flint is a mixed grey-brown colour with small patches of cortex. the surfaces are part-polished with all-over workings. The axe measures 149.3mm in length and is 47mm in width.
Created on: Monday 6th June 2011
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isleham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-CFED90
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A polished flint axe of Neolithic date, 3500-2100 BC. It has an elongated triangular shape coming to a point at one terminal and flairing to a width of 53.5mm at the opposite terminal. The axe is lozengiform in section and measures xx in length. It is made on grey flint and has all-over working. It is incomplete due to old breaks at one corner.
Created on: Monday 6th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 7th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isleham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-637EE7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic polished stone axehead (3500 BC-2100 BC). It is sub-triangular in cross-section and lenticular in side view. In plan, the sides flare evenly from the butt towards the cutting edge. The cutting edge is evenly curved and has two small modern breaks and one old break. The stone has been 'pecked' and then polished finer on both faces near the cutting edge. At the butt end the width is about 37.0mm and its maximum width near the cutting edge is 67.2mm. In side view it is slightly curved in profile. The stone is off-white/buff in colour. 138.2 x 67.2 x 34.3. We…
Created on: Monday 13th June 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 14th June 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-AEED75
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a much larger piece of fine flint of dark brown colour with occasional small white inclusions. Most of the broken sufaces are thermal with ripples from centres inside the stone and some with a glassy spot there. One of these shows a very fine conchoidal pattern. It is reproduced here scaled up 5 times.The right dorsal margin has been broken by percussion, perhaps to fashion the fragment into something useful. The 'distal' dorsal surface shows total invasive retouch with feathered terminations, with perhaps some distal retouch. This looks very much as though it was part…
Created on: Monday 11th July 2011
Last updated: Sunday 29th January 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-C38403
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A severely damaged fragment of a Neolithic polished handaxe, c. 3500-2100 BC. It is likely that this fragment constitutes the blade-end of the axehead. Although some of the original polished surface remains on both sides, most of the surface area is scarred from damage, presumably while in situ. The axehead is of a mottled light grey to dark grey patina with some larger natural chert inclusions. The cross-section of the axe fragment is of a narrow oval shape. The fragment measures 31.1 mm long; 56.8 mm wide, 18.5 mm thick and weighs 37.71 grams. Possibly Butler Type B, thin-butted han…
Created on: Tuesday 12th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-C3C037
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A severely damaged fragment of a Neolithic polished handaxe, c. 3500-2100 BC. Although some original polished surface remains, the area nearing the mid-point of the axehead body has been broken off unevenly and there is severe damage on what would have originally been the butt or blade edge. It is possible that the latter is due to purposeful preliminary reworking of the edge, but this is by no means certain. The original surfaces are of a light grey patina with some orange staining, probably from the soil at the area of deposition; areas of breakage are of a similar grey colour, but …
Created on: Tuesday 12th July 2011
Last updated: Thursday 10th May 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-C4B9F5
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic knapped flint axe, consisting of the broken butt-end of the axehead (c. 3500-2100 BC). Type A. The remains are sub-triangular in plan, with a narrowed, almost pointed butt end and a small portion of the axe body. The axehead has been well-knapped over both surfaces and there are extensive covering removals. It has a lentoid cross-section. A break, likely due to use, has fractured the axehead and the latter portion of the tool including the rounded cutting edge is now missing; the remaining portion probably consists of between 1/3-1/2 of the original length, but…
Created on: Tuesday 12th July 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd November 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUSS-7F55B3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken segment of a Neolithic flint polished axehead, c. 3500-2100 BC. It is possible that more than 50% of the original axehead is missing, due to old breaks and reworking; this includes areas of the proximal and distal ends, as well as a large portion of the overall axehead form. Although subsequent breakage makes identification of potential reuse of this axehead difficult, there seems to be rough retouch on the proximal end, suggesting that the broken object may have been reused as a crude scraper. Grant Williams believes this type of 'ad hoc' reuse is typical to the Bronze Age p…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd August 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 16th November 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stedham with Iping', grid reference and parish protected.