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1975.33
A neolithic polished stone axehead found at Overton Farm, Cranham, Gloucestershire. The cutting edge is broad and quite straight and distinctly angled; the sides taper in steeply to form a very narrow, rounded butt end. The sides of the axehead are faceted and the whole has a symmetrical cross-section. Made from a fine, highly polished grey green stone, which has been identified as a tuff, provenanced to the Great Langdale area in the Lake District, petrological Group VI.
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]
Great Langdale
[nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]
Cretaceous
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[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- l: 102mm
- w: 55mm
- thickness: 24mm