2024-03-28T23:45:51+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/results41100West Sussex100CountyBRONZE AGE1FieldwalkingSUSS-59F641.JPG164172009From a paper map16409NE27.6DistrictCertain2SUSS16340-900Pulboroughx14337161Horsham2011-02-24T13:49:34ZSouth EastPrehistoric utilised beach pebble of of an igneous rock, probably basalt, with a dark grey matrix with some fine white quartz flecks and fine quartz seams. The pebble has multiple peck marks on both sides, possibly cause by use as a hammerstone. The peck marks are concentrated towards the centre of each face with few or none one the sides which may suggest it was used to hammer onto rather than with. Measures 66.4mm by 59.3mm by 27.6mm and weighs 161 grams.
Large numbers of Neolithic and Bronze Age worked flints have been found in this area and this is likely to be contemporary.Daniel Pett66.411-0.491157SUSS-BD73702625131BRONZE AGEHAMMERSTONETQ0622finds-262513359.36SUSS-59F641Incomplete-3500x13712images/lburnett/12163250014A55A11701E0242009-07-09T08:49:43ZCertainx143372009-05-13T23:00:00Z01350.987653NEOLITHICIgneous rock41421NE19http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/NEOLITHICCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:08:33.559ZNorthamptonshire100CountyKnapped/flaked1Building workNARC-180DE7 john marchant greenstone adze.JPG7371199017312NE23.7DistrictCertain2NARC73062100Old Stratfordx14337560South Northamptonshire2011-02-24T13:15:16ZReturned to finderEast MidlandsPart of an Early Neolithic greenstone adze blade, of sub-oval profile and lenticular section. The tool is polished on all surfaces, but has a number of damaged areas close to its edges, and is incomplete (the butt has broken away). Neither the blade edge nor the broken edge is still sharp.
This adze fragment weighs 560g and measures 170mm in length, 101mm in width and 23.7mm in thickness. The complete tool would have been of considerable size.
The stone is a blue-green colour and is likely to be a particular form of tuff known as 'greenstone', which has its source in Great Langdale (Lake District), Cumbria. Greenstone was particularly well-suited for the manufacture of polished axes and adzes,as well as rougher tools, and as a result greenstone objects were traded extensively across Great Britain and Ireland. Daniel Pett17011-0.878253NARC-1804371848991ADZESP7741finds-18489981016NARC-180DE7Incomplete3500images/sashby/11431610014681816101AB442007-06-26T22:13:05ZCertainx1433741990-01-01T00:00:00Z152.062036NEOLITHICIgneous rock41423NE19http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/NEOLITHICCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:07:51.144ZHampshire10CountyKnapped/flaked1Chance find during metal detectingHAMP-4A2BB7 Axe.jpg177652001From a paper map117755NEDr Ed Jarzembowksi of Maidstone Museum identified the rock as non-local stone for southern england, which had to be imported into the region. The source of the rock cannot be determined without geochemical testing, however it is suggested that it could have been imported from the continent. 38.28DistrictCertain4HAMP17754-2100Restricted Accessx14337357Winchester2011-02-24T12:18:32ZReturned to finderSouth EastNeolithc ground stone axe of heavily weathered igneous rock. The rock is a light green-grey colour, with one surface darker than the other. The axe is sub-rectangular in plan with a squared off butt-end expanding out towards the rounded blade end. In profile the axe is lenticular; It has been ground to increase the curve towards the pointed blade end, and the butt-end is flat. There is a circular indentation on both edges approximately half way along the length of the axe. The axe is widest after these indentations on the blade side. It has an oval/round cross section at the butt-end, which becomes more lenticular towards the blade end. There is a significant amount of wear on the blade end. The axe would have been hafted. It is 114.78mm long, 54.27mm wide and 38.28mm thick. It weighs 357 grams. Daniel Pett114.7811Headbourne Worthy CPHAMP-4A40E6158662Ground1E 2093 // BF/2886AXERestricted Accessfinds-158662254.278HAMP-4A2BB7Complete-3500images/lmclean/113054700145C4A40C01B1042007-02-03T15:02:36ZCertainx1433742001-07-07T23:00:00Z0NEOLITHICIgneous rock41421NE19http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/NEOLITHICCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:07:39.822ZLateNorth Yorkshire100CountyGround/polishedNEOLITHIC1EarlyOther chance findE4946 axe a.jpg220281900Centred on village (which isn't a parish)121926NE42DistrictCertainDENO21482-2000Bedalex14337890Hambleton2011-02-24T13:53:32ZReturned to finder3Yorkshire and the HumberNeolithic polished stone axe. Convex faces with rounded sides, wide blade end tapering considerably towards the butt end. One modern chip on one corner of the blade, and a few older chips including one towards the centre of the blade, and damage to the butt end. Fine grained igneous rock such as basalt, weathered. Length c.178mm, width of blade end 104mm, width of butt end c.20mm, thickness 42mm, weight c.890g.
Evans 1872 ('The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons & Ornaments of Great Britain', London) publishes some polished axes of siilar form with narrow butt and wide blade, pp104-5, nos. 57 (Nunnington, Yorkshire) & 60 (Ilderton, Northumberland).Daniel Pett178111-1.602114DENO-09E225122321polished1Derby Museum entry no. 4946NEOLITHICAXESE2688finds-122321Neolithic41046DENO-09C3E2-3500x14337images/ratherton/19417600143F09E1F01CE842006-02-13T14:56:31ZCertainx14337121900-01-01T00:00:00Z1954.286974NEOLITHICIgneous rock41430NE19http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/NEOLITHICCertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:07:21.033Z