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From Shulishader, Lewis, Outer Hebrides

Axe
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This stone axehead, with its original wooden haft, was found at Shulishader on Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. It provides important evidence on the mounting of axeheads. The axe was used sometime between 3495 and 2910 BC.

The haft is virtually complete, and has fine decorative toolmarks. It has an oval opening for the axehead. The axehead appears to be of porcellanite from County Antrim in Ireland. It may have been used and reground.

This is the only virtually complete prehistoric axe in Scotland. It was found in peat, and may possibly have been a votive deposit. If the axehead is from Ireland, this adds to other evidence for contacts at this time between the Hebrides and Ireland.

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