2024-03-29T15:23:56+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/results11100Northamptonshire100CountyKnapped/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 Parish2022-07-14T07:07:51.144Z