Record ID: YORYM-EF5095
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Neolithic axehead (or possibly an adze). The axe dates from between circa 3500 BC to 2100 BC. The implement has been extensively knapped and highly polished into a sub-oval shape. One terminal tapers to a slightly pointed end; the other (the butt) is rounded and wider. The butt end is asymmetrical, while the tapered terminal appears damaged. No natural cortex is visible on the surface of the axe. Both terminals and in fact the entire surface of the axe or adze has been finely knapped and polished. The narrow terminal has been worked to form a sharp and precise cutting edge; it has b…
Created on: Friday 8th October 2010
Last updated: Friday 21st March 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gargrave', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: YORYM-BEB684
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small Neolithic lithic implement, formed into a thumb scraper. The flint is roughly oval in overall shape, but has a domed top and a flat base. The top has been left with 70% cortex. It has been formed from a light orangey-brown flint. The bulb of percussion and striking platform do not survive. The worked edge of the scraper has steep retouch.
Created on: Friday 6th August 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 4th November 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Barton le Willows', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-33F491
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A Neolithic axehead, the axe is unusual as it has been made from an igneous stone, with is not native to East Sussex. The stone (or indeed the axe) may have originated in the south-west, the north-west or Wales. This is a type of axe that would normally be made out of flint. The axe dates from between circa 3500 BC to 2100 BC. The implement has been extensively chipped and ground into a sub-oval shape. One terminal is slightly pointed, the other is rounded. No natural surface is visible on the surface of the axe. The rounded butt end of the axe has been finely ground, to form a precis…
Created on: Friday 3rd August 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Colgate', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-2561F5
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A Neolithic polished flint axehead which has been broken widthways and then reworked. The axe dates from between circa 3500 BC to 2100 BC. The surviving part of the axe is the larger butt end of the tool. The butt end is rounded, with straight sides and the break is also straight - widthways. The break has also formed a hinge fracture. The axehead looks as if it has been extensively polished in its earlier use, but when it broke it looks as if it has been reworked, as it has also been extensively knapped. A small piece of cortex is still visible, possibly suggesting that the polished …
Created on: Monday 9th July 2007
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Plumpton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-F8C991
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
A fragment of a Neolithic polished flint axe. Axes such as these were one of the core types of tools used in the Neolithic period from circa 3500 - 2000 BC. The axe has been knapped from a nodule of flint and then ground and polished over its entire surface. All that survives of this flint is the cutting edge and the lower end of the axes blade. The entire butt end has been removed by many breaks. The surviving fragment has a pointed oval section. The edges of the axe have not been chamfered. It was common practice for broken axes to be re-flaked as this one has been but rarely were t…
Created on: Friday 14th April 2006
Last updated: Friday 23rd May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Westhampnett', grid reference and parish protected.