Toy axe

Description
This wooden axe was found beside the Sweet Track and is probably a childês toy. The axe made from two pieces of oak and may be the earliest toy from Britain.
Accession Loan No.
TTNCM : 130/1986/476
Collection Class
Prehistory
Common Name
toy axe
Simple Name
axe
Period Classification
Neolithic (4500-1500 BC)
Material
wood, oak
Collection Site Name
Sweet Track, Drove
Collection Town
Shapwick
Collection County
Somerset
Collection Country
England
Collection Continent
Europe

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