Photograph of polarised thin section of Axe/adze (ISAP 10492) from Toome, Co. Antrim, from the Uster Museum (UM 1930:672u). Macro ID - Schist. Micro ID - Schist U.Description - Sides: Both irregular due to differential grinding and remnant pecking. Right pointed towards blade and rounded in centre and towards butt. Left pointed from blade to butt. Sides and edge merge. Junction of sides and butt damaged. Edge: No damage, moderately sharp. C-shaped in profile. Blade Area: Higher degree of polish than the faces. Possible small area of re-grinding and repolishing face 1 centre and left side? faces: face 1 flattened along centre, irregular along both sides due to differential grinding and remnant pecking. face 2 irregular surface (due to same). Sparse areas of polish along centre of both faces. Butt: Original, minor damage adjacent to both right and left side. Core taken from centre of face 1. EB.Dimensions (length x width x thickness) - 12.6 cm, 3.6 cm, 2 cm, 152g.