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A rare and excellent Neolithic semi-polished "Epidiorite" stone axe, Salisbury, Wiltshire
A rare and excellent Neolithic semi-polished
A rare and excellent Neolithic semi-polished A rare and excellent Neolithic semi-polished A rare and excellent Neolithic semi-polished A rare and excellent Neolithic semi-polished
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c.3000-2500 B.C. A rare and excellent Neolithic semi-polished "Epidiorite" stone axe unearthed many years back in Bishopstone, near Salisbury, Wiltshire and from an old Cornish private collection. A lovely axe expertly fashioned from Epidiorite, a very hard metamorphic igneous rock containing silicate based minerals such as Hornblende and Felspar. This axe is in an attractive green & grey Epidiorite with fine black speckling throughout and as Epidiorite commonly originates in Northern Ireland and Scotland, it is possible that it was either once traded, or travelled with its owner to Wiltshire where it was later discovered. This axe was the largest in a group of three axes originally unearthed. The blade edge is still sharp and well defined with no visible impact wear or damage, so it is possible that the axe group was a ritual deposition. The axe is very symmetrical, expertly pecked and ground with the blade half then smoothly polished on either side, old inked collection reference on one side citing Ref: W1456 and below this 1952, presumably the year of discovery Totally intact and in super condition, 113mm long x 51mm wide x 31mm thick. PAS recorded, copy included with axe.