A broken polished stone axehead was recovered as a redeposited find from the fill of a possible pond.

The axehead was initially shaped by percussion or pecking, probably using a hammerstone, as its coarse grain makes it unsuitable for flaking. It was then finished by grinding and polishing with a special stone known as a polissoir, together with abrasive grit. This labour-intensive process produced a fine glossy surface and a sharp cutting edge, typical of high-quality Neolithic axes.

The butt end is missing, and a flake has been removed from one face at the tip, suggesting damage either during use or before the object was discarded. The axehead is also missing its original wooden haft.

The raw material is Cornish Greenstone, specifically gabbro from outcrops on the Lizard peninsula, a type classified as Group I in petrological studies.

This is a hard, dark green igneous rock formed deep within the Earth’s crust, recognised by its coarse, mottled texture with light and dark mineral crystals. An axehead made from it would have been a visually distinctive object almost anywhere outside Cornwall.

Axes made from this stone, along with others crafted from flint and various hard rocks, were widely exchanged across Britain during the Neolithic period (c. 4000–2400 BC). Many travelled great distances from their source areas, reflecting extensive networks of movement, exchange, and cultural interaction. Group I Cornish axes occasionally appear alongside early Late Neolithic Grooved Ware, a ceramic tradition thought to have originated in Orkney and spread southwards across Britain and into Ireland around 3000 BC, alongside the development of henges and stone circles.