2024-03-28T18:19:22+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/rsshttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/atomhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/kmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results2120finds-654664654664WILT-703FBCAXEHEADNEOLITHICAn incomplete Neolithic polished greenstone axehead dating to the period c. 4000 - 2500 BC. The axehead is trapezoidal in shape and widens from the butt end to the blade. It tapers in thickness from the butt end to the blade. The axehead has an oval cross-section at the butt end and a lenticular cross-section at the blade end. The butt end of the axehead was broken off in antiquity and the remaining fragment reused. The butt end appears to have been used as a hammer stone. There is evidence of pecking on this surface and it is slightly rounded. The cutting edge of the blade has been deliberately removed by grinding and polishing into a flat surface with a lenticular cross-section. The reason for this is unknown. The axehead is a dark green-brown in colour and is still slightly polished, most noticeably where the cutting edge has been removed.
The axehead measures 70.67mm in length, 55.53mm maximum width, 42.41mm minimum width, 34.32mm maximum thickness, 15.64mm minimum thickness and weighs 235.39g.99-4000-250013WILTSSWM 42552014-12-09T14:15:23Z2022-12-29T17:25:56Z235.39PAS548703FB001C7D34.3255.5370.67121412241427439251719243925WiltshireWiltshireLuckingtonST858351.54569169-2.21770251263516618WILT-704198Stone11794Ground/polishedCompleteNEOLITHICx14337NEOLITHICx14337x14337Chance find during metal detectingReturned to finderWILT-703FBC.jpg496906images/rhenry2/South WestCertain12022-12-29T17:25:56.06ZEarlyWiltshire10Unitary AuthorityBRONZE AGE1Chance find during metal detectingWILT-6FD4E9.jpg43925From finder1172391NE16.17Unitary AuthorityCertain4WILT43925-1601Grittletonx143372635165365.62Wiltshire117942015-01-12T15:28:25ZReturned to finder1South WestCirca
An incomplete stone macehead of Mesolithic to early Bronze Age date (c. 8500 - 1601BC). The macehead is made from a smooth waterworn quartzite pebble. The macehead is semi-circular in shape. Approximately 50% remains. There is a break across the centre of the peforation. The hourglass profile of the perforation indicates that it was worked from both sides. There is some evidence of pecking on the rounded edge of the macehead, indicating that it may have been used as a pebble hammer. The quartzite is orange-brown in colour with red-brown inclusion, indicating a high iron content.
The macehead measures 47.58mm in length, 58.19mm in width, is 16.17mm thick and weighs 65.62g.
Perforated objects such as this exmple appear in the Mesolithic, but are also seen much later, hence the broad date range ascribed to this example.
Cf. LEIC-AEE484, LEIC-F62A78, NLM-9A7147, LIN-DE2AC7, LIN-DD9004, SF-6697D5, and LVPL-964068 , SF8841, SF3669 and HESH-191F76 for similar examples on the database.
Kevin Leahy47.582-2.17433778WILT-6FDE0B6546431SSWM 4255BRONZE AGEPERFORATED OBJECTST8880finds-6546431258.198WILT-6FD4E9Complete-8500x13712images/jshoemark/1497028PAS5486FD4E00198932014-12-09T13:46:54ZCertainx142351351.51878995NEOLITHICStone41427ME1Circa6http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/MESOLITHICCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:12:08.938Z