Axehead
Ground and polished axeheads were produced in vast numbers during the Neolithic period. Grinding and polishing to produce the finish seen on this axe would take hours of hard work. This axe was found in Woodleigh, near Kingsbridge in Devon.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 102/1934/1052
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- stone
- Common Name
- axehead
- Simple Name
- axehead
- Period Classification
- Neolithic (4000-2200 BC)
