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Greenstone axe

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greenstone axe

description

A broken polished stone axe retrieved as a redeposited item from a fill of a possible pond.

The butt end is missing and a flake has been removed from one face of the tip.

The raw material appears to be Cornish Greenstone. Cornish greenstone axes, as with other axes of stone and flint, were exchanged across much of Britain during the Neolithic period.

Other information & metadata

Site location: Norfolk
Project type: Archaeological evaluation
Site type: Possible Neolithic occupation
Discovery context: Possible pond

Links:
A Tale of a Norfolk Greenstone Axe – website article

Collection

  • Prehistoric Ages

Artefact type
  • Axe
Period
  • Neolithic
Material
  • Stone
Location
  • Suffolk

Dimensions

Length: 105mm
Width: 57mm
Thickness: 38mm

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