File:Axe roughout (drawing) (FindID 490244).jpg
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2012-02-23 00:07:23 |
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axe roughout (drawing) |
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English: Broken blade end of an axehead roughout of coarse gabbroic greenstone, U-shaped in plan, lozenge-shaped in profile and oval in section. There is a defined yet damaged cutting edge at the blade end, and the entire surface is deeply pitted and weathered. The roughout is broken in half so that the butt end is missing. This is one of a group of 14 stone tools described as 'potential axes' that have been found on Clodgy Moor or Trungle Moor in Paul parish. A few of these have distinct areas where grinding has been carried out to start a blade. The remainder have a broadly axe-shaped outline and apparent traces of pecking. Examination of most of this group by Roger Taylor, as part of the Clodgy Moor Project, has confirmed that of they are gabbroic greenstone, except for one described as volcanic greenstone. One or two of these he identifies as of similar lithology to that of the greenstone Gwavas quarry nearby. Of the group as a whole Roger Taylor comments that the overall shape of each piece, the apparent 'axe' shape, is due to these pieces having previously been cobbles. However this was way back in geological time before the Quaternary period, as most of the apparent pecking is due to weathering subsequent to the formation of the cobbles. He quotes remnant high level beach material from the Crousa Gravels overlying the gabbro in the Lizard and other material overlying the Carnmennellis Granite as parallels. He considers that the greenstone in all these pieces is comparatively soft, and indeed this can be clearly seen when the group is compared to the hammerstone/pestles. However some of the pieces clearly have areas of grinding over the weathering. The most likely interpretation for this group as a whole is that they were collected as potential axe-making material: their close concentration in one part of the study area makes natural occurrence extremely unlikely (Henrietta Quinnell, Clodgy Moor stonework, forthcoming).
A similar broken rounded axe blade has been excavated from the Neolithic settlement at Carn Brea and is illustrated in Mercer (1981) on page 155, Fig.64, No.S11. |
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Depicted place | (County of findspot) Cornwall | ||
Date | between 4500 BC and 2100 BC | ||
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FindID: 490244 Old ref: CORN-581964 Filename: 567C.1drawing.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/371374 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/371374/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/490244 |
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