Record ID: IOW-D6A725
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Approximately half of an Early Bronze Age "cushion" type stone mace head, c.2350-1501 BC. This mace eas broken transversely in antiquity though the hourglass perforation, this was worked from both faces with a pecking stone and a pointed borer until they met in the middle, creating the distinctive profile of the shaft hole. The stone appears to be Dolerite, of fine grained grey/green composition, with the original surfaces (including the breaks) now patinated with iron oxides. This type of stone is a semi-common find as water-worn pebbles on Norfolk beaches and rivers as a …
Created on: Tuesday 11th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 25th July 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WAW-08FC02
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete stone axe hammer dating to the Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age period (c. 2500 BC - 1800 BC). The object is ovoid in form, with a rounded hammer end and pointed tip, with a central hole for attachment. There is an irregular facet adjacent to the hammer end. The stone appears to be igneous in composition.  Comparable examples recorded on the PAS database include: LEIC-300870, NMGW-0431CC and WMID-42A930. Glenn (2017) states that 'the function of this artefact is also not fully understood. The larger examples are thought to be either …
Created on: Thursday 2nd March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 2nd March 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-137445
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Half of a perforated axe hammer or "mace head" made of a light redddish brown quartzite pebble. The perforated object is sub-oval in plan, with a flattened oval section. The perforation was formed by pecking with a hard, pointed stone from both sides leaving subtle raised area near the centre of the perforation. This object is different than other broken mace-heads or axe hammers on the database, as its proximal end  has been deliberately worn down at a 45 degree angle to the perforation. It is possible that this object was broken and then re-used as a pestel-like t…
Created on: Wednesday 25th January 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd May 2023
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Record ID: NMGW-0431CC
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early Bronze Age stone axe-hammer; c. 2300 – 1800BC The axe-hammer has been shaped by pecking and appears to be complete (with an overall length of 148.0mm and a weight of 1055.7g) but has an irregular facet adjacent to the hammer end. Both faces are near-flat for most of their lengths (with a thickness at the blade end of 39mm and a thickness at the perforation of 41mm), before having a curved divergence at the hammer end (with a maximum thickness of 46.9mm). Both sides of the axe have a smooth curve, reaching their maximum width (of 88.1mm) across the perforation, nearer the …
Created on: Tuesday 26th January 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 26th January 2021
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Record ID: HESH-1FD54D
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone perforated axe-hammer of probable very late Neolithic or early Bronze Age date (2500-1800 BC). Smaller axe-hammers are also known as Battle Axes and some of the smaller examples have been recorded as perforated maces (mace-heads). The differences between these types / classifications are uncertain and the artefact type as a whole is in need of reassessment in line with modern discoveries and approaches to artefact studies. This axe-hammer is relatively long and narrow being from a pecked and ground igneous rock. This rock has been identified from observation of the surface …
Created on: Thursday 30th July 2020
Last updated: Thursday 30th July 2020
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Record ID: NARC-4A1B95
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete stone perforated axe-hammer of late Neolithic to Bronze Age date (2500-1800 BC). The object is formed from a pecked and ground igneous rock. In plan the object is broadly sub-triangular, with sides which expand from a wide blade and narrows towards the now missing butt, the object terminates approximately 2/3 along its length sue to a transverse break. The upper and lower surfaces are flat and a small ovate perforation is retained which runs through the object with one side having a larger and more ovate aperture. The perforation runs at a 90 degree angle to t…
Created on: Friday 20th March 2020
Last updated: Monday 23rd March 2020
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Record ID: NMS-49E84B
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Very large stone axe-hammer, of petrological group XVIII, this stone is Quartz Dolerite, this stone is found generally within the Whinn Sill of northern England with outcrops from south of Berwick upon Tweed down to Middleton and round to Durham. The implements made of this stone seem to have been traded south and inland (see CBA research report NO. 67, Stone Axe Studies Vol.2, Clough and Cummins (1988), page 280, map 16 for distribution of implements of this group). It is grey/green fine-grained stone now patinated a light brown to the original surfaces, the recent damage appea…
Created on: Tuesday 7th January 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 14th October 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Hunstanton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: OXON-92CB93
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete perforated stone axe-hammer or similar of Neolithic to early Bronze Age date (c. 2500-1800 BC). The axe hammer is made from a poorly sorted sandstone pebble. In its current form the object is semi-circular in plan and approximately 50% remains. There is a break across the centre of the perforation which has an hour-glass profile, showing the hole was drilled from either side. The perforation cuts through the outer brown patina of the pebble. The edges of the axe hammer show signs of impact where the pebble is pitted.
Created on: Wednesday 13th March 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 19th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Childrey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-42A930
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Stone perforated axe-hammer of probably the very late Neolithic or early Bronze Age period, dating from c. BC 2500 - c. BC 1800. Axe-hammers are also known as Battle Axes and some of the smaller examples have been recorded as perforated maces (mace-heads). The differences between these types / classifications are uncertain and the artefact type as a whole is in need of reassessment in line with modern discoveries and approaches to artefact studies. The axe-hammer is probably formed of a fine grained sandstone. The rock has yet to be properly identified by an expert. In plan th…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd May 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: GAT-2716B3
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Stone axe hammer. Appears to have been made of a granitic pebble, perhaps from the nearby beach. The hourglass perforation has been neatly and competently made. Both ends have been slightly damaged but the surfaces were originally pecked smooth, though the pebble has not been radically modified.
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: HESH-769B61
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Stone perforated axe-hammer of probable very late Neolithic or early Bronze Age date (2500-1800 BC). Smaller axe-hammers are also known as Battle Axes and some of the smaller examples have been recorded as perforated maces (mace-heads). The differences between these types / classifications are uncertain and the artefact type as a whole is in need of reassessment in line with modern discoveries and approaches to artefact studies. The axe-hammer is formed from a pecked and ground igneous rock. This rock has been identified from observation of the surface by Daniel Lockett (Shropshire …
Created on: Wednesday 6th March 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 11th December 2019
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Record ID: CORN-D742B5
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
Stone (microdiorite) axe hammer, lozenge-shaped in plan at the blade end with a slightly rounded butt end, sub-rectangular in profile and sub-square in section, with a slightly off-centre perforation, circular in plan and an hour-glass shape in profile. The sides of the axe hammer are straight and vertical and the two faces are slightly concave in profile and the shaft-hole is flush with the surface of each face, but slightly recessed at either side, where it is within 1 cm of the edge of the axe hammer. The butt end, used for hammering, is relative flat at the apex, but does not show…
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2011
Last updated: Friday 11th July 2014
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Record ID: NCL-3CF143
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northumberland
Workflow stage: Published
A stone axe hammer dating to the Bronze Age. The axe hammer is drop-shaped in plan and rectangular in section. The upper and lower faces are flat, while the side faces are convex. A circular perforation has been drilled through the centre of the widest part of the upper and lower faces. There are areas of 'pecking' on all sides of the object, and the object has also been roughly ground/polished. The stone is a light brown colour. The object measures 265mm in length and 83mm in width.
Created on: Friday 4th November 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 30th January 2018
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Record ID: LEIC-300870
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
Late Neolithic- early Bronze age stone axe hammer, 107mm long, 84mm wide and 55mm thick. The object is in good condition and weighs 651grams. The object is ovoid in form and rectangular in section (with one edge being slightly bowed), with a circular hole, 27mm in diameter, cut through the centre of its ovoid face. It has slightly polished surfaces around its pointed tip, suggesting some wear.
Created on: Wednesday 30th March 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 28th July 2020
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Record ID: NLM-48DB23
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron Axe Hammer. Wrought iron axehead, made from a single sheet of iron, shaped, and then wrapped round the haft (lost); the enclosure of the haft was incomplete. A blade with apparently concave edges is also rounded by wear or later loss at the cutting edge, which had an estimated width of 92mm. Rounded cheeks on either side of the haft limited lateral movement of the axe-head when it was in use. The back of the blade is solid, and could have served as a hammer; this hammer is not, however, pointed, as would be the case with a weapon. It is perhaps significant that a…
Created on: Thursday 30th September 2010
Last updated: Friday 29th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Risby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CPAT-2B31A0
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
This is a (very) small early Bronze Age/late Neolithic perforated stone axe hammer. The axe is in the form of a ‘teardrop’ with a parallel profile. The perforation is ‘egg timer’ shape, opening from a central diameter of 13.5 mm to 20.7 mm at the outer surface. The overall style is consistent with an early class 1 Axe Hammer from Roe’s ‘Typology of Stone Implements with Shafts’. However, whilst the profile fits, the size does not. This object is very small at just 7.32 cm long, the more typical axe hammer is double that and more. This particular implement may t…
Created on: Wednesday 13th August 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 5th September 2017
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Record ID: GAT-8DCCB5
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Gwynedd
Workflow stage: Published
Stone axe hammer, elongated lozengic shape in plan with a slight hourglass perforation in the centre. Each blade is convex in profile and the one remaining (albeit damaged) cutting edge is curved, but not flared. The axe head has been damaged over time and part of one blade is missing altogether, in addition to some large chips out of the remaining cutting edge. It is possible that it may have fractured during use. The central perforation is c. 37.1 mm in diameter at the complete end and the central section of the perforation is narrower at roughly c. 28 mm. The axe head has been fini…
Created on: Tuesday 25th March 2008
Last updated: Friday 11th July 2014
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Record ID: WMID-030088
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A largely complete Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age axe hammer, fabricated from an unidentified igneous rock. In plan, the axe hammer is broadly drop shaped, with a circular perforation towards the butt. The perforation has curved sides and the circumference reduces towards its centrepoint - it is hour glass shaped. The pierced sides of the axe hammer are largely flattened although there is a marked incline around the area of the socket and the butt, particularly on one side. The edge which runs around the axe hammer is concave at the butt, becoming more straight sided towards the lo…
Created on: Tuesday 18th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: HESH-29B755
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete fragment from a perforated stone axe hammer dated to the later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (2500-1800 BC). The axe-hammer is formed from a pecked and ground igneous rock. This rock has been identified from observation of the surface by Daniel Lockett (Shropshire Museum Service) as being either picrite or dolerite - a very hard granite like igneous rock. However, without thin section analysis a definitive identification cannot be reached. The fragment comprises the front part of the axe having sheered / broken at a point prior to the drilled shaft hole. In plan the axe…
Created on: Wednesday 27th December 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 21st August 2018
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Record ID: BERK-281355
Object type: AXE HAMMER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A Neolithic axe hammer (3500-2100BC) possibly made from epidotised greenstone from the Langdale Valley. The implement has a central perforation that is straight-sided (diameter: 33.28mm). Both upper and lower surfaces are flat with some traces of polishing. The hammer end is flat and oval with some wear damage. The tool then expands level with the perforation before tapering to form the axe blade Dimensions: length 178mm; width 104.66mm; thickness 61.98mm; weight >300g
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heather', grid reference and parish protected.