Record ID: NMS-6159F8
Object type: AXE
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Elongated axe or adze of extraordinary form and patination, the cutting edge and one side of the butt are damaged, as well as three smaller chips to one lateral edge, these show the flint was originally dark grey/black, the surfaces are now patinated white and dark rusty mottles the darker orange is more pronounced to the dorsal face than the ventral (flatter of the two), the edges and the high points to the flake scars of the flint is breaking down and re-corticating, especially to the paler of the two sides, all flake scars appear to be semi-hard hammer struck and neatly overlap at t…
Created on: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
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Record ID: NMS-E38598
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavy butted Neolithic fully ground and polished flint axe, of white patinated flint with a slightly grey inclusions to one face, all surfaces have both spotty iron stains and streaks from contact with agricultural machinery. The axe has been damaged at some point to the cutting edge, it appears that a large flake has initiated at the cutting edge (presumably in use) and has left a “plunging” flake to one face, the flake has terminated in a large step fracture, this is a common feature to axes that have broken in use, like NMS-7AE7C9, NMS-E21D6A and NMS-4EA515, the last t…
Created on: Thursday 15th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 21st February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9C98C0
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Nearly complete, part polished axe, of orange patinated flint, the grey spots to this face are the coarse inclusions within the flint, the other face is a lighter buff colour, probably due to the chalk or other alkali within the deposits it was lain in, the orange is usually due to exposure to iron oxides in glacial sands, this piece must have been deposited on a chalk/sand change in stratification to acquire the differential patination. The cutting edge is recently damaged on one side, this shows the original colour of the flint to have been mottled light greys. All surfaces are mod…
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-F32111
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thick, triangular sectioned blade, soft hammer struck from broken axe; one side of the blade is fully polished and was originally part of the outer surface of the axe, given the curvature of the polished face of this flake it appears it was taken from the curve towards the cutting edge, near to one side of the axe, using the transverse break in the axehead as a platform. Broken axeheads do get used as a core occasionally as they would produce flakes with a polished dorsal surface if they could not be reshaped in to a smaller axe, such as this example: SWYOR-CDDF43. Neolithic, 4,000 to …
Created on: Tuesday 5th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: IOW-41186A
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Fragment of a Neolithic knapped stone axehead, c.4000-2500 BC. The axe is made from white flint with greyish inclusions. The axehead appears to have been partially polished after knapping, then received later damage along the cutting edge, where flakes have chipped off. The axe is slender and lenticular in cross section.  For a more complete example, see ESS-BDF267.
Created on: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: LON-81C45E
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Neolithic polished flint axehead dating from 4000-2200 BC.  Dimensions: length: 91.77mm; width: 49.83mm; thickness: 25.22mm; weight: 140.83g
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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Record ID: LON-81C098
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Neolithic polished flint axehead dating from 4000-2200 BC. The axehead has a pointed lozenge shaped cross section.  Dimensions: length: 158mm; width: 64.11mm; thickness: 34.87mm; weight: 456g
Created on: Monday 18th September 2023
Last updated: Friday 15th December 2023
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Record ID: SF-90078F
Object type: AXE MOULD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy late Bronze Age socketed axe mould. Two separate valves were found, one almost complete and one fragmentary, while the inner section of what originally would have been a three-piece mould is now missing. Complete valves are rare finds. See PAS record: SF-839555 for a very similar example, also from Suffolk and BERK-56BD17 from Oxfordshire. This is a mould for a Southeastern Type socketed axe (Ewart Park Phase c.1000-800BC), which are the most common socketed axes found in the UK. 1. Length: 113.17mm, width: 52.64mm, thickness at sock…
Created on: Thursday 20th July 2023
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
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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
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Record ID: ESS-BDF267
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete polished stone axe of Neolithic date (4000-2500BC) Description: The axe is made from mid grey stone with iron staining in places, it has been knapped and then polished to give a smooth appearance. The surface has some later damage where flakes have chipped off, particularly along the cutting edge, which appear darker grey. The axe is sub-triangular in plan and lenticular in cross section. It is narrower at the butt end, measuring 25.2mm wide and 10.6mm thick. It is thickest at the mid-section, measuring 30.8mm. It is widest at the curved cutting edge, measuring 48.4mm …
Created on: Monday 10th July 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 18th July 2023
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