 In 1973 a <unk> axehead was found alongside the track ; it is thought to have been placed there as an offering . One of over 100 similar axe heads found in Britain and Ireland , its good condition and its precious material suggest that it was a symbolic axe , rather than one used to cut wood . Because of the difficulty of working this material , which was derived from the Alpine area of Europe , all the axe heads of this type found in Great Britain are thought to have been non @-@ utilitarian and to have represented some form of currency or be the products of gift exchange . Radiocarbon dating of the peat in which the axe head was discovered suggests that it was deposited in about 3200 BC . Wooden artefacts found at the site include paddles , a dish , arrow shafts , parts of four hazel bows , a throwing axe , yew pins , digging sticks , a <unk> , a comb , toggles and a spoon fragment . Finds made from other materials , such as flint flakes , arrowheads and a chipped flint axe ( in mint condition ) have also been made . 
