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Neolithic stone axehead roughout
Thin butted; pointed oval in section. Butt portion only roughly shaped and much of its surface shows the original weathered surface of the pebble from which it was manufactured.
Finished stone axe, 4000-2500 BCE
SC6.1
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
54.272
Find Information
Site Name: Bodlondeb, Abersoch
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1954
Notes: Found whilst clearing stones prior to ploughing in field immediately adjoining Bodlondeb on the north-east
Acquisition
Donation, 5/1954
Measurements
length / mm:185.0
width / mm:62.9
thickness / mm:29.8
weight / g:368.8
Material
baked shale
Petrological group: XXII
Location
St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Knapping/Making Stone Axes
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