Accession No

1953.151.1


Description

Fragment of the cutting end of a polished flint axe.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Bottisham; Bottisham Lode; Ayres Farm


Period

Neolithic


Source

Pratt, L. D.[collector]; Pratt, L. D. (executors of) [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1953.151.1


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone; Flint


Local Term


Measurements

66mm x 16mm x 68mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Part of polished flint axe
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
On catalogue card 1: 'Parts of four polished flint axes; a polished stone axe; eleven roughly flaked flint axes or adzes; 2 flint knives and three flint scrapers of various types.'
Event Date 1953
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Context (Acquisition Details)
The original card for 1953.151 has the following entry: "These were in the collection of the late Mr L.D. Pratt and are not all labelled, though his main collecting ground seems to have been: Ayres Farm, Bottisham Fen (mostly in the 1920s)". Subsequent catalogue cards for a subsection of 1953.151 give the Place as Peacock's Farm, Shippea Hill and it is unclear whether this was due to further research or was in error.
Event Date 1953
Author: maa


Context (Amendments / updates)
As this axe fragment does not appear on one of the subsequent catalogue cards with the updated location of Peacock's Farm, Shippea Hill (see above), and it is not marked with any identifying place name, the Place field retains the site location from the original catalogue card: Ayres Farm, Bottisham Lode, Bottisham.
Event Date 8/9/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


Description (Physical description)
Fragment of the cutting end of a polished flint axe.
Event Date 8/9/2017
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)


FM:10449

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