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English: Newton Peveril 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.