Record ID: NMS-5AA89B
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete small tranchet adze, made from a larger thermal (frost/”potlid”) fracture of flint, the ventral face (the flatter of the two) carries the remnants of the interior face of this natural fracture, this area is unworked and is patinated slightly more orange/yellow than the knapped surfaces. The butt of the adze is relatively unpatinated, with a tiny patch of cortex extant to the very tip of the butt, the rest of the dorsal cortex is completely removed by flaking, this face shows the flint to have originally been mid-grey, the other parts of the adze are now patinated a…
Created on: Monday 4th March 2024
Last updated: Monday 4th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-28A1C2
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A relatively worn blade end of a greenstone adzehead, of probable late Neolithic - early Bronze Age date, made from weathered greenstone meta-gabbro. Greenstones axe or adze heads were commonplace during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods in Cornwall.  'Greenstone' is actually a general archaeological term, rather than meaning a specific stone. It is commonly used to refer to any green-hued minerals that were used during the Prehistoric, to make tools, jewellery etc... To make matters even more complicated, various antiquarian literature in Cornwall calls this…
Created on: Thursday 25th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-BF2348
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A relatively worn, pitted adze head, of probable late Neolithic - early Bronze Age date, made from amphibolite schist. It is a light blue-green colour, and flares at its cutting edge. Interesting, this object shows signs of having been broken, and the blade subsequently re-worked. It appears to have originally been an adze, but its secondary use was as an axehead. Greenstones axe or adze heads were commonplace during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods in Cornwall. Due to depositional context of this find, and due to the relative proximity upstream of a Bronze Age-Iron Age…
Created on: Monday 8th January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 7th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-F4CE01
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Adze, of pale buff and misty light grey patinated flint, all flakes appear to be semi-hard hammer struck, the butt is flat: the only remnant of the nodule this was knapped from, it retains a much lighter, almost white patination. The cutting edge has been reshaped crudely by removing invasive flakes from dorsal face only from the cutting edge, the result is uneven. This may have been an attempt to make a shorter adze a damaged example, or a failed attempt to resharpen a blunt edge, it is clear that this piece was abandoned at this point. As the cutting edge has been modified, it is dif…
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-C213E3
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Pale grey and mottled flint, adze, as kindly suggested by the finder. A straight-sided rod with curved cutting edge and a narrower butt, formed from a nodule by covering hard hammer angled scalar retouch which has produced numerous deep and overlapping dished scars. One side may be ground or battered. The object is of irregular oval section. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC Length: 114.6mm, Width: 43.3mm, Thickness: 36.5mm, Weight: 174.98gms
Created on: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-528F42
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Brown flint possible adze fragment. Suggested date: possibly Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC Length: 22.1mm, Width: 36.2mm, Thickness: 15.1mm, Weight: 9.23gms
Created on: Wednesday 5th July 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 5th July 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-DD6F65
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flaked flint adze, knapped from a grey flint, 156mm in length. The sides on the long axis of the tool are roughly parallel, tapering to rounded ends and with a lenticular cross section. The side profile is convex suggesting a function as an adze and the working edge is rounded but has been damaged. The flint has heavily recorticated with a white patina derived from prolonged deposition in calcareous sediments and there is also extensive post depositional iron staining.
Created on: Wednesday 24th May 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-837BB3
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Dark grey flint adze. Flaked adze, of oval section with covering angled scalar retouch extending across both its sides, and with traces of light battering at either end. Slightly tapered in form. The lack of any patina might suggest this object to have recently been disturbed from a sealed context. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC Length: 68.3mm, Width: 33.4mm, Thickness: 17.9mm, Weight: 41.97gms
Created on: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 13th December 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Laceby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-70BE1D
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Paeleolithic flint tranchet adze. Bifacially worked, but with a lot more removal scars on the ventral surface than the dorsal. The entire flint is pale grey in colour, with a darker grey patch on the proximal end. The adze is oval in section, though at points sub-triangular.
Created on: Tuesday 6th September 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 14th March 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Colchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-132A4A
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Mesolithic flint tranchet adze. The flint is orange/brown in colour, with a darker area around the distal end Both faces are heavily worked. The adze is oval in section, though at points sub-triangular.
Created on: Thursday 21st April 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 24th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Braintree', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LON-109BCE
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An early Mesolithic flaked flint biface adze "Thames pick" (10,000-7,000BC). The adze has been 'roughed out' from a flint nodule or pebble. It is roughly oval in cross section. Viewed edge-on along its longitudinal axis the adze tapers slightly from the broadly rounded butt towards the more pointed cutting edge. Viewed from above, the butt and cutting edge are both rounded and the sides are approximately straight and parallel. There are signs of crushing along sections of both edges. There are numerous conchoidal fractures and large flake removal scars extending from the edges on both…
Created on: Thursday 21st April 2022
Last updated: Sunday 24th April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-0BC4AF
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Proximal end of a very large hard hammer struck blade of thick, sub-triangular section, the distal end is broken transversely in antiquty, the lateral edges have been steeply retouched on one side, the steeper side has been flaked on the dorsal face, the ventral face has a few flakes struck from either side in an attempt to reduce the curvature of the bulb of percussion. It is a possibility that this object was the butt end of a crude adze made from a large, elongated flake with the cutting edge broken at the mid-point by transverse bending forces, a common place and way for a f…
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2022
Last updated: Monday 4th April 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-3773EC
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Approximately half of an adze, the butt end is missing, broken transversely, this break is relatively recent and lacks the patination of the knapped surfaces: - of pale patinated, mottled grey flint with spotty iron stains to both faces. The dorsal face is well knapped to form a pronounced median ridge at the centreline, blending neatly into the angle of the cutting edge, the ventral face is much flatter, this gives the sub-triangular/D section and offset (towards the flatter face) cutting edge that defines an adze over an axe (Field et al. (1984) Type E). The edge itself appears to ha…
Created on: Monday 21st February 2022
Last updated: Saturday 14th October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-CCFE68
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Iron adze. Cast flat oval blade with a straight cutting edge in the same plane as an integral loop of internal diameter 12.4mm at its narrower end. A light woodworking tool for finishing and finer work, and for cutting joints. The flaking on one side suggests some loss of fabric though the mass suggests good survival of the metal core. Suggested date: Medieval, 1200-1500 Length: 111.5mm, Width: 38.2mm, Thickness (at loop): 10.5mm, Weight: 71.43gms
Created on: Wednesday 16th February 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 16th February 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-DA399B
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy fragment of possible adze tool, possibly late medieval. The reverse face is flat and undecorated; the obverse face has a low ridge running down the centre of the fragment toward a blunt, curved end. Such a ridge would give extra strength to a flat tool that is otherwise made of a weak metal alloy.
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 31st January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LANCUM-A0F715
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, cast, copper-alloy chisel-like palstave adze of Middle Bronze Age date, c. 1500BC - 1150BC; likely of Acton Park II - Taunton phase of the Middle Bronze Age and probably dating to 1500BC - 1300BC. The adze is rectangular in form and cross-section with a narrow curved blade. The butt end is rectangular in form and triangular in cross-section. It has flanged sides on both the top and bottom faces that project vertically, creating a U-shaped channel that would have terminated at a stop ridge; the stop ridge is no longer present. The sides on the blade end have…
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2021
Last updated: Friday 28th January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Sebergham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-786CFB
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North East Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Brown flint adze. A thick oval flake with rounded angled ends and a broad [15.8mm] flat facet along one long edge. Both sides bear covering angled retouch executed with hard hammer, and traces of battering along that long edge opposite a flattened facet. Edge-on impact scars occur here, suggesting some adapted use of the tool with the flat facet enabling pressure to be brought to bear on a working edge. An elongated side facet might also appear on a Neolithic polished axehead. The surface is smoothed, possibly from rolling in surf. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC Length: 12…
Created on: Monday 16th December 2019
Last updated: Monday 16th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cleethorpes', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-64A922
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Elongated adze or pick, bifacially knapped with sub-triangular cross section with the flatter of the two faces forming the underside, broken in antiquity by a transverse bending fracture, plunging around to an oblique hinge termination on the underside near to the (now missing) cutting edge. The adze is patinated mottled dark orange, yellow and pale buff, the coarse inclusions (mostly near to the centre) being of the paler colour and mostly on the underside the flake scars have "stacked up" in hinges due to the hackly nature of these fractures. Only two areas have been damaged post de…
Created on: Monday 9th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 9th September 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-246613
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint Mesolithic tranchet axe or Neolithic flaked adze. It is trapezoidal in shape, expanding slightly towards the damaged end and roughly triangular in cross-section with a raised ridge running longitudinally down the centre of one face. There is a rough break across one end where a section is missing. There is invasive, scaled retouch on both faces, but this is less extensive on the flatter face. The flint is dark brown in colour with some orange staining and very little patination. A very small amount of cortex survives on both faces. Because of damage it cannot be…
Created on: Thursday 13th June 2019
Last updated: Friday 21st June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'St. Margaret, Ilketshall', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-97E95B
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete Neolithic stone adze (4000 BC-2351 BC). This adze is sub-triangular in plan and an elongated 'D'-shape in side view. The front (dorsal) face is convex and the rear (ventral) face is flat. From the butt, the sides flare evenly to the curved cutting edge. The lower part of the ventral faces curves inwards towards the cutting edge. The dorsal face is regularly pitted and the ventral face is very smooth. The surface is green with a reddish hue but with a darker area close to the butt on the ventral face. Slight damage on the dorsal face has revealed that the colou…
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-3B87BD
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic flint adze (4000 BC-2351 BC). This adze is an elongated sub-oval shape in plan and is wider at the cutting edge than at the butt end. It is crested in cross-section but the ventral face is convex. Both faces are knapped overall except for a brown area on the ventral face which is cortex. A break has occurred on the ventral face close to the cutting edge and the butt end has been remodelled. The patina on both faces varies from off-white to orange. The patina on the break and the remodelled area is greyish. Length: 134.6mm; width: 47.4mm; thickness: 32.0mm. Weight:…
Created on: Sunday 2nd June 2019
Last updated: Sunday 2nd June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: GLO-36A377
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy palstave adze that is rectangular in form and cross-section with a narrow curved blade. The rear half has flanged sides on both the top and bottom faces that project vertically creating a U-shaped channel that terminate at the stop ridge that is position in the middle of the item. A small triangular indentation sits in front to the stop ridge. The sides on the front half have a shallow concave arc that expands out to either tip of the blade. The forward edge of the blade has a short bevel (2mm long) on both sides, although one side is steeper than the other and may…
Created on: Tuesday 2nd April 2019
Last updated: Monday 15th July 2019
No spatial data available.

Record ID: CORN-71FA0B
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The blade end of a broken Neolithic stone adze. About a sixth of the original tool survives, the blade end, while the rest of the blade and the longer but tapering butt end that would have been hafted is missing. The adze may have originally been about six times as long, judging from similar ethnographic parallels, in order to balance it with the wooden haft or handle.The face of the implement appears to be oval in shape (TIP classification FS02) where it expands beyond the blade edge but would have then tapered towards the butt end, although its fragmentary nature makes it difficult t…
Created on: Thursday 10th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CORN-71E176
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The blade end of a broken Neolithic stone adze. The fragment represents less than half of the adze with the original length up to three times longer, judging from similar ethnographic parallels, in order to balance it with the wooden haft or handle attached to the opposite butt end.The adze appears to have straight parallel sides but it would have tapered towards the butt end (TIP classification FS07), an asymmetrical (plano-convex) profile of medium thickness (classification P05) and plano-convex in cross-section (classification CS16) with a curved, asymmetrical edge shape (ES05) and …
Created on: Thursday 10th January 2019
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NLM-952884
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Flint adze fragment. A sub-triangular chunk of broad lentoid section with, initially, two broad flakes struck from its dorsal side by hard hammer strike, and with an uneven ventral surface. Covering angled scalar retouch was carried across the dorsal surface, and a few comparable drafts appear on the ventral side. Broken at its broader end, probably recently. Patches of iron staining appear on the worked surfaces. The surface overall is a dull buff tint, possibly a deep patina arising from prolonged exposure to a calcareous environment. Suggested date: Late Mesolithic, 7000-4000 BC. …
Created on: Thursday 6th December 2018
Last updated: Monday 10th December 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barnetby le Wold', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-E94802
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The butt end of a broken Neolithic stone adze. The fragment is 90 mm in length, 62.5 mm in width at its broken edge, tapering to 24 mm close to the butt end, 34.5 mm in thickness and 270.9 g in weight which represents approximately half the length of the original implement. The adze is sub-triangular in plan (TIP classification FS09), asymmetrical (isosceles right triangle) in profile (classification P04) and plano-convex in cross-section (classification CS16). The butt shape is rounded in plan and profile (classification BU11). The asymmetrical profile and plano-convex section suggest…
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2018
Last updated: Monday 18th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: OXON-F2AD74
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Mesolithic flint adze or pick, dating from c. 10,000 to c. 3500 BC. This adze has been made on an elongated flint nodule of a mottled dark grey flint, now patinated white / light grey with evidence of recortification. Being broadly triangular in section this object can be described as a pick as well as an adze. The butt is squared in plan, the side taper gently and evenly towards the tip which is rounded. The adze is worn but is in good condition overall, with an area of post-depositonal damage around the butt.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd October 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd October 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bix', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-2B82CD
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Mesolithic to Neolithic flint adze (c. 9000 BC-c. 3500 BC), The butt is missing due to an old transverse break. This implement is sub-rectangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross-section. It has been bi-facially worked on both faces and has highly invasive removals. In side view it is oblique at the cutting edge. The dorsal surface has a longitudinal median ridge that extends from the butt end to about half way along its length. The cutting edge is curved and on the dorsal face there is minimal retouch which is short, sub-parallel and low angled. A small area of…
Created on: Tuesday 14th August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 14th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-C4436F
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Adze, patinated orange and brown, of sub-trapezoidal to sub-lenticular cross section, bifacially knapped from a thermal (frost) fractured piece of a nodule of flint, the dorsal face retains a small area, towards the middle, of thin, worn cortex, the ventral face has the frost fractured surface running from the butt to the underside of the cutting edge, only the edges have had rather steep flake removals, towards the middle, on one edge, the angle is almost too obtuse (beyond 90 degrees) but a series of flakes have been removed, although they have terminated in a series of hinges. The …
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-C40FC7
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Adze or axe fragment, only the butt end is extant, broken recently by a transverse bending fracture, bifacially knapped to a sub-lenticular cross section by a hard hammer stone with an akward angle to one lateral edge, and one tiny patch of white cortex just above this. Patinated brown and orange, the fresh break is of mottled grey flint. Mesolithic.
Created on: Thursday 9th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-85FC79
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint adze of the Mesolithic to early Neolithic period, dating to 9500 BC-4000 BC. It is oval in plan and tapers towards one end; it has a roughly lozange-shaped cross-section. The tapered end bears the beige cortex surviving (7%). The dorsal surface has a longitudinal median ridge, which forks close to the flaring end. Both the surfaces have multi-directional negative scars. The edges have traces of further retouches and old breaks. The surfaces have a greyish white patina which covers the mottled grey core. Frequent iron stains cover the surfaces. Cf Butler (2005, p. 1…
Created on: Monday 6th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 8th August 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bay Thorne End', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-F6BA2D
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Mesolithic or Neolithic flint adze or pick (c. 10000 -c. 3500 BC) . This object has been made on an elongated flint nodule. It is sub-oval in cross-section except at the butt end where it is sub triangular in cross-section. The dorsal face has about 80% off-white cortex and the ventral face has been crudely flaked all over. A large indentation on the ventral face appears to have been made deliberately. The implement seems not to have a cutting edge but may have been damaged while in use. However, the patina is the same as elsewhere. The butt end is worked overall and is relativel…
Created on: Friday 6th July 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 10th July 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-BB866F
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Adze, bifacially struck from a water worn cobble of mottled light grey flint now patinated off-white with some small areas of iron staining to both faces. The cobble's original battered surface is unmodified on the tip of the butt, with one side dominated by a thermal (frost) fracture, making this triangular in section to just over half of its length, with flake removals struck from this using the frost fracture as a platform. This then restricts (bifacially) towards the narrow cutting edge, sharpened by a tranchet blow to the dorsal face. All flake removals appear to be semi-hard ham…
Created on: Thursday 21st June 2018
Last updated: Monday 30th March 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-697908
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Lancashire
Workflow stage: Published
Bronze age copper alloy palstave adze 1500 - 1150BC. The length is 125mm, the width of blade is 28mm thickness 20mm and the weight 138.02g. The object is rectangular in form and cross section and is intact, with slight damage to its butt end and some of its surface. The butt end is rectangular in form and triangular in cross section, with each face having a rectangular shaped recess with a raised border to contain the handle. The blade, which has an elongated triangular cross section, tapers in width from the point it joins the butt. Overall it is 20mm wide and rectangular in form,…
Created on: Tuesday 5th June 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 4th July 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-5551C2
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Well made adze, of sub-triangular cross section,of lightly patinated mottled grey flint with areas of spotty iron stains to both faces, all flake removals appear to be hard hammer struck and the cutting edge is sharpened by a single tranchet blow to both the dorsal face and the ventral face, delivered from opposing edges. The cutting edge is damaged on the ventral face, presumably from use. Mesolithic, 10,000 to 4,001 BC.
Created on: Monday 4th June 2018
Last updated: Friday 7th August 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-11D77C
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped flint adze dating to the Mesolithic period, c. 8000-4000 BC. It is broadly lenticular in plan and plano-convex in section, with a slightly tapered butt, expanded sides, rectilinear cutting edge and flattened underside. Manufactured originally from a large piece of blackish brown flint with some green and yellow mottling, it has been bifacially worked- both faces demonstrate highly invasive removals that have removed practically all of the original flake surfaces, though those on the underside of the adze are thinner, wider and low-angle, suggestive of preferential u…
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 24th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-9D3E43
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Blade fragment of a metagabbroic greenstone adze, with similarities to Group I type greenstone, semi-circular in plan and section and triangular in profile, with straight sides that widen slightly towards the blade end. About a third of the original tool survives, the blade end, while the longer but tapering butt end that would have been hafted is missing. The adze may have originally been about three times as long, judging from similar ethnographic parallels, in order to balance it with the wooden haft or handle. In profile the blade is plano-convex suggesting that the tool was used …
Created on: Wednesday 1st November 2017
Last updated: Monday 8th July 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-F4639E
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An attempted Neolithic adze, of off-white and pale grey patinated flint with some spotty iron stains to both faces. It is bifacially knapped with direct hard hammer percussion and is an advanced preform of sub-triangular section with a well defined cutting edge and no tranchet blow. A problem hinge was created by a small coarse patch on the left side of the dorsal face towards the butt, an attempt to remove this by using the hinge as a platform was a little too successful as it not only reomoved most of the hinge (a slight lip remains) but it created a broad outrepasse (over shot) fla…
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2017
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: DUR-DFD949
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Stockton-on-Tees
Workflow stage: Published
A polished adze head, of unusual type and unknown origin. The polished adze or axe head is made of a dark grey-green, dense, probably volcanic, stone which has been ground and polished. The stone is possibly a type of greenstone called argillite, soft enough to shape yet durable in use.The object has an unusual profile, being quadrangular in shape with a wide, tapered flat form. There is a single curved bevel, the edge of which remains complete and sharp. The head tapers towards the 'pecked' butt which shows some damage, revealing the rough texture of the original stone. The obj…
Created on: Monday 23rd October 2017
Last updated: Friday 21st December 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-BAA905
Object type: ADZE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Mesolithic to Early Neolithic chert adze or axehead (c. 10000 BC-c. 3500 BC). This implement is an elongated oval shape in plan. In side view it is pointed at the butt end and oblique at the cutting edge. The dorsal face is characteristically humped. Flake removal scars cover all surfaces and there is no cortex. Particularly large flakes have been removed on the ventral face at its mid point, possibly to facilitate hafting. The ridge on one side is mildly 'S'-shaped and the other ridge is straighter. The cutting edge appears to have old damage at its apex. The impleme…
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2017
Last updated: Friday 29th September 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.