Stone Axe (Hepple; Elsdon)
A polished stone axe was found here. It is probably of Neolithic date. Stone axes like this may have been of great importance in the Neolithic period, and may even have had a religious purpose.
N9690
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1971; D Smith
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