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| Keywords: Newton Peveril jadeite axe-head.jpg jadeite axe-head Often referred to as the Newton Peverill jade axe-head it was discovered at Newton Peveril Sturminster Marshall in the 19th century and was presented to the antiquarian General Augustus Pitt-Rivers for his newly established museum at Farnham in the 1880s It was sold to a private collector when the Farnham collection was dispersed in the 1970s It came up for sale in early 2007 and a temporary export-ban on the axe-head allowed time for the Dorset County Museum to raise £24000 to purchase it in July 2007 It is one of the finest examples of a jadeite axe-head in Britain It originated from the outcrop of jadeite stone found in the foothills of the Italian Alps near Monte Viso The precise date of this axe or its transferral to Britain is uncertain but two other jadeite axe-heads or fragments of such found in Britain have been found in a dated context to the early Neolithic period 3900 to 3800 BC 2011-11-23 own Pasicles cc-zero Uploaded with UploadWizard Prehistoric jade axe heads Dorset County Museum | ||||
