Record ID: IOW-DA50B5
Object type: ADZE HAMMER
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint Mesolithic tranchet axe or Neolithic flaked adze. It is trapezoidal in shape, expanding slightly towards the damaged end and roughly triangular in cross-section with a raised ridge running longitudinally down the centre of one face. There is a rough break across one end where a section is missing. There is invasive, scaled retouch on both faces, but this is less extensive on the flatter face. A very small amount of cortex survives on both faces. Because of damage it cannot be certain whether or not there was a tranchet flake removed originally. Therefore …
Created on: Tuesday 11th January 2022
Last updated: Monday 31st January 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: IARCH-12BA18
Object type: ADZE HAMMER
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
two adze hammers SF 120; SF 301 Material not recorded but assumed to be iron.
Created on: Tuesday 20th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ely', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-E1A492
Object type: ADZE HAMMER
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Incomplete stone shafthole adze or cushion macehead (hammer), ovate in plan, tapering slightly towards each end, and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. Both ends would have been worked to form an edge which could have been used for chopping as well as hammering. One edge is angled more towards the upper, darker face, which suggests that this edge could have been used as an adze for woodworking. The opposite face is lighter having been stained with lichen from its findspot since deposition. The shafthole implement was probably originally derived from a beach cobble with little resh…
Created on: Wednesday 27th February 2013
Last updated: Saturday 13th April 2013
Spatial data recorded.