Record ID: SWYOR-CDDF43
Object type: AXE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A polished flint axe dating from the Neolithic period, about 4000 BC - 2200 BC. It is formed from opaque, light grey flint. It is oval in section, faceted at the blade end, and egg shaped in plan. It has covering, scaled, low-angle flaking, and the blade end, about one third of the axe, is polished. One side of the cutting blade is chipped and damaged. The axe is 65mm long, 37.3mm wide and 16.5mm thick. 39.9g. The incomplete polishing may be explained by the axe having been broken and then reworked (Keving Leahy, pers. comm., 4/12/14). The small size of the axe could suggest that i…
Created on: Monday 1st December 2014
Last updated: Monday 8th December 2014
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: CAM-8D2905
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: UNKNOWN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A miniture flint axehead rejuvinated from a bigger and older Neolithic polished stone axe. The secondary knapping is of cruder quality than the original workmanship. This artefact might have been a child's toy or votive item. Although the original artefact is of Neolithic date it is not currently possible to determine a likely date for the reworking, however this is most likely to have taken place at somepoint during prehistoric periods. Dimensions: weight 56.65g, length 75.03mm, thickness 20.12mm, width, at widest point by cutting edge, is 44.44mm, width at narrowest end, haft end, i…
Created on: Friday 3rd December 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 9th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Wratting Area', grid reference and parish protected.