Context (Field collection)
Found: Brown's Hill near Wimblington
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Analysis)
This axe was sampled as part of the Council for British Archaeology's Sub-Committee for Implement Petrology, at an unknown date. The subsequent analysis identified the stone as Group VII, augite granophyre, from the Penmaenmawr area, Caernarvonshire. See report in the archive (GO1/2/2).

Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil: 'BROWNS HILL WIMBLINGTON'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Found together / assemblage)
The Accession Register notes that Z 16401 - Z 16415 (excluding Z 16406) were 'found in M.C. Burkitt's room, 1974'. At least one (Z 16408) was collected by Thomas McKenny Hughes, so Burkitt may not have collected some or any of them. It may be that they entered the museum by other means and were not registered until after they were found in his office in 1974, or lost association with their original accession number.
Event Date 1974
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (CMS Description)
?Langdale axe
Event Date 3/9/1986
Author: maa

Context (References)
Clough, T.H.McI. and W.A. Cummins (eds.). (1988). Stone Axe Studies Volume 2: The Petrology of Prehistoric Stone Implements for the British Isles. CBA Research Report No. 67. p. 176 (no. CAM 134)
Event Date 1988
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Ground stone axe.
Event Date 27/4/2023
Author: Imogen Gunn

Exhibition (Li Ka Shing Gallery)
EXH.2023.12 | Beneath Our Feet: Archaeology of the Cambridge Region
Event Date 21/6/2023
Author: Imogen Gunn