Record ID: NARC-0BC24B
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint Axe of Mesolithic date (9,500-3,550 BC). The lithic is sub-rectangular in plan, long and narrow with a slightly wider blade end. The lithic is bi-convex in section creating a sub-rhomboid cross section due an off-centre ridge running down the centre dorsal surface. The dorsal surface has covering scaled flaking and a minor amount of retained cortex at the proximal left hand end. The left and right hand edges have semi-abrupt. The object has a transverse break approximately half way along the original length of the axehead. The blade edge is missing due to an abrup…
Created on: Friday 13th April 2018
Last updated: Monday 16th April 2018
Spatial data recorded.