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Neolithic flint polished axehead
Axe made of brown coloured flint. Near complete with only a few reent chips. The butt is only slighlty convex. Both sides are convex and divergent to the blade. The sides have been ground to form factes of regular width (6mm) giving the axe a four-sided section. The blade edge is assymetric and has a gently curve. The faces are conves across both their widths and lengths and the axe reaches maximum thickness at its midpoint. Polishing striations running alon ghte blade edge may indicate secondary sharpeneing.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2014.23H
Find Information
Site Name: Rudry, Caerphilly County Borough
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 1950s
Notes: Found some time prior to 1954 on land associated with Oak Hill Farm, Rudry and reported to H.N. Savory by Mrs Richards.
Measurements
length / mm:113.3
width / mm:49.8
thickness / mm:29.0
weight / g:225.9
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