Accession No

1919.93


Description

Adze - With ground and polished head


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Wilburton; Wilburton Fen


Period

Neolithic


Source

Pell


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1919.93


Cultural Affliation


Material

Stone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Description (CMS Description)
With ground and polished head
Event Date 23/9/1986
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
The card has the following entry: " cf Annual Report 1920, p 7" Collected by: Pell
Event Date 23/9/1986
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Marked 'Pell Collection' in pencil and '2' in a circle in pencil. A label affixed reads '1919.93. Adze head Wilburton. C* Pell Coll. Purchd by Priv. Subn'.
Event Date 14/3/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (CMS Description)
1 small adze made from a pale grey flint. Half the body, at the butt end, is unpolished but a large proportion of the cutting edge is polished. The cutting edge has been chipped.
Event Date 14/3/2014
Author: maa


FM:10462

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