axe
- Museum number
- 1879,1209.2
- Description
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Stone polished axe fragment; greenstone; ground and polished; broken and roughly worked bilaterally.
- Dimensions
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Length: 79 millimetres
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Thickness: 29 millimetres
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Width: 52 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- From a round barrow at Kirby Underdale, North Humberside (formerly the East Riding of Yorkshire), known as Uncleby I. The barrow was excavated in April 1868.
This fragment of a greenstone polished stone axe was found on the old surface, in an area 8.5m north-east of the centre.
Associated finds from this site in the British Museum collection include:
1879,1209.1 – bone pin (associated with burial 1)
1879,1209.1510-1513 – flint (old surface area)
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1879,1209.2
