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Monument Number 1090380
Hob Uid: 1090380
Location : Wiltshire Avebury
Grid Ref : SU1090069000
Summary : A Neolithic ground greenstone axe (also described as a hammer stone) found in North Field, near the West Kennet Avenue in 1911, is in Devizes Museum.
More information : A Neolithic ground greenstone axe, ungrouped, was found in 1911 on ploughed ground in the North Field, close to the course of the West Kennet Avenue (SU 16 NW 101). Grooved with a ground surface, the object has been compared to miners' mauls or hammers. The axe is in Devizes Museum. (1-3)

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Source details : Catalogue of Antiquities in the Museum...at Devizes Part II, 1934, p12 no. 7
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Source details : L Grinsell: Archaeological Gazetteer
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Neolithic
Display Date : Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Neolithic
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : AXE, HAMMERSTONE
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 16 NW 170
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : FIELD SURVEY
Start Date : 1997-08-01
End Date : 1998-12-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1090380