File:2047 Neolithic axehead (FindID 208605).jpg

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2047 Neolithic axehead.jpg
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Bristol City Council, Kurt Adams, 2008-02-04 15:37:30
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2047 Neolithic axehead.jpg
Description
English: A Neolithic axehead, length 257mm, width 74mm, thickness 56mm. The implement has been extensively chipped and ground into a long elongated sub-oval shape in plan and oval in cross section. The blade edge is rounded and is the only section to have been polished. The edges are slightly convex, it is at its widest one third along from the blade, after which it tapers for the rest of it length to the butt which is a rounded point. The stone is Devonian Sandstone. The axe dates from between circa 3500 BC to 2100 BC.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Somerset
Date between 3500 BC and 2100 BC
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FindID: 208605
Old ref: GLO-71A7F4
Filename: 2047 Neolithic axehead.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/164356
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/164356/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/208605
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