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Oblong Flint Axe Head
A Neolithic flint axehead, with straight splayed sides from the blade to the butt. The sides and blade edge merge on the left but there is severe damage to the blade on the right. The faces are partly ground along the centre. The butt is rounded and flaked and the blade and face are polished. The axe has a pointed oval cross-section. This axehead was found in Co. Antrim
Subject
- Weapons & Ammunition
- Axehead
- archaeological objects
- Archaeological artifact
Medium
- Flint
Subject
- Weapons & Ammunition
- Axehead
- archaeological objects
- Archaeological artifact
Medium
- Flint
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Temporal
- Neolithic
Places
- https://www.geonames.org/2657254
Current location
- https://www.huntmuseum.com/
Identifier
- HCA 114
- HCA114
Extent
- L (overall) 17.5 x W (of cutting edge) 3.5
- L (overall) 17.5 x W (of cutting edge) 3.5
Language
- en
- eng
Is part of
- Europeana Archaeology
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-07-29T17:50:23.519Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2020-08-27T23:58:50.968Z