2024-03-28T06:32:19+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/results1120LateNorth 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