Record ID: NCL-663125
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Stockton-on-Tees
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A groundstone axe of Neolithic date, c. 3500-2100 BC. The axe is incomplete, consisting of only the butt of the axehead, which has been ground and polished into a tapering, trapezdoidal shape in plan, oval in section. Some chipping has occurred on the surface, much of which is worn, suggesting damage sustained to the axehead in antiquity.
Created on: Monday 29th July 2013
Last updated: Monday 29th July 2013
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Record ID: SUR-FDEAB5
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small fragment from the blade edge of an axe of Middle or Late Bronze Age date.
Created on: Wednesday 24th July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 24th July 2013
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Record ID: NCL-3D6E26
Object type: AXE
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron axehead of uncertain date, probably Post-Medieval to Modern. The axe consists of a sub-triangular head with a slight flaring to the blade from the body. In section, the axe is wedge-shaped at its blade, with a rectangular section to the body and a slightly tapered/pointed butt. The surface has been covered with corrosion, obscuring details in the shape and how the axe was fit to a shaft/haft.
Created on: Monday 15th July 2013
Last updated: Monday 15th July 2013
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Record ID: SUR-FE1092
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of the tip of a blade of a cast copper alloy Bronze Age axe of uncertain type. The fragment has a bright green patina.
Created on: Sunday 30th June 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 16th July 2013
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Record ID: SF-F59824
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete cast copper-alloy axe of Bronze Age date. Only the corner of the blade end survives intact, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. It is rectangular in form, triangular section with one side and part of the sharpened blade surviving. The fragment has a dark green patina and measures 15.90mm in width, 9.86mm in length, 5.09mm in thickness and 2.33g in weight. This is a fragment from the blade of a Bronze Age axe, however due to the preservation of the object it is uncertain whether it belongs to a flat axe, a palstave or socketed axe. It may therefore date to any po…
Created on: Friday 24th May 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 14th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wickham Skeith', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-12B816
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a Late Bronze Age socketed axehead with rib decoration. The fragment is broadly square in plan. Late Bronze Age socketed axeheads are c.1100 BC to c.800 BC in date. The fragment is 15.05mm in length, 18.9mm wide, 4.40mm thick and weighs 4.73 grams.
Created on: Wednesday 1st May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 1st May 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cricklade', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-6D2DD6
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small Neolithic ground stone axe made from a fine-grained greenish-grey stone, possibly of Cornish origin. The blade is missing and the axe appears to show signs of its having been used as a hammer. There is also recent damage on the butt. On one side, next to the missing blade, is a shallow rounded triangular facet.
Created on: Thursday 11th April 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 17th April 2013
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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: NCL-5E71F8
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A groundstone axe of the Neolithic period, c . 3500-2100 BC. The axe has been ground from a fine mudstone of grey-green colour that is possibly from the Langdale geology of the Lake District. The axe is incomplete, leaving approximately half of the axe from the centre of the body to the ground edge. In plan view, the axe is rectangular, though irregular; in section at the break the axe is oval; in profile the axe is triangular with convex sides. The axe has been ground very smooth, but there are a number of shallow scratches on both faces, probably from modern agriculture. If th…
Created on: Thursday 21st February 2013
Last updated: Thursday 21st February 2013
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Record ID: LIN-CFD682
Object type: AXE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, but encrusted and corroded, iron axe head of Roman or Anglo-Saxon date. It has a curved and flaring blade. The axe expands to the poll end, which curves downwards, is flat and rectangular in form. The eye through which the axe would have originally have been hafted is oval and partly filled with iron corrosion that might be covering mineralised wood. All surfaces of the axe show signs of extensive corrosive iron products and encrustation, but the axe appears complete. It measures 146mm in length, 67mm in width at poll end, 28mm in height at poll end, and 68mm in height at …
Created on: Thursday 14th February 2013
Last updated: Monday 18th February 2013
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Record ID: WMID-B6FD25
Object type: AXE
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, hand made, iron axe head, of possible Roman dating (AD 43 to AD 410). It has a curved and flaring blade that has a triangular longitudinal section. The axe expands to the pole / shaft end, which curves downwards, is flat and rectangular in form. The eye through which the axe would have originally have been hafted is oval with an integral projecting lug at the blade end on the upper surface. Part of the cutting blade is missing, presumed lost in antiquity. It measures 193 mm in length, 45.1 mm wide at the pole / shaft end, 37.3 mm tall at the pole / shaft end, 66.7 m…
Created on: Wednesday 13th February 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 13th March 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-4D4BF1
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An iron axe which is probably Medieval or Post Medieval in date. The axe has a looped socket formed by bending the end of the axe round and fusing it to the side of the blade. There is some damage to the edges of the blade. The blade is slightly curved downwards from the socket, and the lower edge flares. It tapers and thickens towards the socket.It is badly corroded. The base of the socket, which is D shaped in profile, has a slight pointed projection. Axes are hard to date as they do not change much in style from the Roman period through to the Post-Medieval. However, it is lik…
Created on: Friday 8th February 2013
Last updated: Monday 28th June 2021
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Record ID: LVPL-7D4596
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: St. Helens
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete polished stone axe dating to the Neolithic period, (3500 BC - 2100 BC). The object is a pointed oval in cross-section and is oval in plan. The axe has suffered from various damage and losses particularly at the butt end which appear to be recent. The butt end measures 49.77mm in width and is 3.58mm thick. The cutting edge is almost complete and measures 1.62mm in thickness. The stone is a mottled light brown and grey smooth stone.
Created on: Tuesday 29th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Rainford', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-538DB1
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
The corner of a blade from a Late Bronze Age copper alloy possible socketed axe. The casting seam is visible.
Created on: Sunday 27th January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 14th February 2013
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Record ID: SWYOR-032116
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Neolithic flint axe which has been shaped by flaking. It is an axe with a thin tapering butt, classified by Manby as an A3 type. There is surviving cortex on one face at the butt end. It is an irregular pointed oval in section and is an elongated ovoid shape in plan. The butt tapers to a point but remains nearly as thick as the centre of the axe. The cutting edge is slightly pointed in plan and has been sharpened with some smaller removals. The flint is patinated and is white with large tan blotches. The flaking causes the median margin of the axes to be wavy or scalloped along the …
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th June 2020
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Record ID: SF-581FD5
Object type: AXE
Broad period: IRON AGE
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small body fragment of a cast, copper-alloy Sompting socketed axe of early Iron Age date. Only a small sub-rectangular section of the main body of the axe survives with the breaks indicating its fragmentation in antiquity. The reverse is plain but the obverse displays remains of two parallel ribs terminating one pellet-in-circlet each. There are parallels in Pendleton (1999), no. 125 and 130. The axe is likely to date from the eighth century BC. The length is 20.14mm, the width is 16.79mm, the thickness is 2.67mm and it weighs 4.00g. Dot Boughton notes: 'Complete Early Iron Age s…
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 3rd June 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Little Wilbraham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-5406F7
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cast iron axe probably dating from the Medieval to the Post-Medieval period. The blade of the axe is sub-oval in plan and measures 62.41mm in width. The cutting edge measures 4.90mm thick and is split due to corrosion. The butt of the axe is oval in cross-section. The object has a simple oval socket which is in filled with corrosion and probable wood. The object widens slightly at the socket. The socket mesures 17.39mm wide and 26.65mm in length internally. Iron axes are notoriously difficult to date when discovered outside of a dated archaeological context as the general form of…
Created on: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 15th January 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Selby area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-2B9811
Object type: AXE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
The side loop from a Late Bronze Age socketed axe. The loop is oval in section.
Created on: Tuesday 1st January 2013
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2014
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Record ID: SUR-63DE95
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Neolithic polished axe measuring 146.18mm x 54.22mm. The axe is made from light grey opaque flint with surface whorling and other larger and lighter inclusions. There is a little modern damage in the form of surface flaking. The axe is now stained brown from the surrounding sandy soil.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
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Record ID: SUR-63BFC5
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Neolithic polished axe. The axe is now of triangular form and appears to have been cut down following breakage.
Created on: Wednesday 28th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th March 2013
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