Record ID: WAW-E66F96
Object type: AXE
Broad period: PREHISTORIC
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Published
In plan the axe is an elongated trapezoidal shape. In cross section it is bi-trapezoidal towards the blade. The butt is a sub-oval shape in section. The butt was broken in antiquity. The axe is made from a blue fine grained stone made up of volcanic ash. Ordovician. Found in Wales and the Lake District. (Jon Radley, Warwickshire Museum). The blade has been re-sharpened. The surface has been polished.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd July 2003
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC3070
Object type: AXE
Broad period: PREHISTORIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Published
A sub-triangular ?axe with a great deal of plough damage to both faces, there is a good patina suggesting that the artefact is of antiquity, and some evidence of retouching at the rounded point of the proximal edge on both faces.
Created on: Wednesday 10th July 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: NARC55
Object type: AXE
Broad period: PREHISTORIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Created on: Wednesday 13th October 1999
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'CAMBRIDGESHIRE GRAFHAM', grid reference and parish protected.