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Record ID: WAW-C096A1
Object type: PESTLE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a polished stone axe which appears to have been reused as a pestle. The axe had an oval section, 52.6 x 32.6mm, one end of which shows a hackly fracture. The other ends shows the faceted wear typical of a stone pestle or hammer-stone. This has been locally damaged with the loss of a large chip.
It has been made from a fine grained rock, grains of quartz being visible in a black matrix. It measures 61.89mm in length, 53.79mm wide and 32.89mm thick. It weighs 171.4 grams.
Due to the functional nature of this artefact, it is hard to accurately date it. As it has bee…
Created on: Friday 6th August 2010
Last updated: Sunday 17th March 2019
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