Record ID: IOW-9CAC70
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Neolthic flint axehead (3500 BC-2100 BC). The fragment is the butt end of the axehead. It is sub-rectangular in plan, sub-triangular in side view and pointed oval in cross-section. Both faces have been knapped overall. The arises are not sharp. No polish visible. One face has a light buff patina and the other face has a variable patina ranging from pale buff to reddish brown. The break is old and is also patinated in similar colors to the faces. 60.6 x 41.2 x 20.9mm. Weight: 56.94g.
Created on: Saturday 16th April 2011
Last updated: Monday 18th April 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-71C204
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An almost complete Neolithic (3500-2100 BC) greenstone axehead, measuring 87.82x65.78x32.81mm and weighing 295.46g. There is some (worn) damage at the butt end and on one face (the flatter face). The surface is now rough and pitted due to weathering, but would have originally been polished smooth. The axehead is sub-triangular in shape and lenticular in cross section. It is widest and flattest at the cutting edge (65.78x3.10mm) and narrowest at the butt end (49.10mm). It is thickest just below the butt end (32.81mm). The sides of the axehead are flattened. The cutting edge is shar…
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 28th June 2017
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Collingbourne Ducis', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-78EFA7
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cumbria
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete polished stone axehead of Neolithic date (3500 BC - 2100 BC). The axehead has been made from a pebble of local stone, greyish green in colour. It is sub-triangular in plan and in side view it is pointed at the top and rounded at the bottom. It has a chip at each corner of the cutting edge on both faces. These appear to be recent breaks. Old breaks are situated on each face of the butt. These breaks have overlying striations have may have been created by an attempt to smooth the breaks. Alternatively, the striations may represent a secondary use of the implement. The iden…
Created on: Saturday 3rd October 2009
Last updated: Sunday 26th July 2015
Spatial data recorded.