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Lithic implement
Unique ID: LIN-6E2165
Object type certainty: Certain
Palaeolithic hand axe from a mottled mid-brown flint. The dorsal surface has circa 30% cortex at the proximal end, however this may be re-cortification, since the layer is very thin and almost translucent. The edges and distal end have suffered damage. The surface is fairly smooth and appears polished in places.
Although there is no doubt as to the findspot of the axe, there is doubt over whether it is from this location originally. There are two factors that cast doubt; the first is that the find is from Holbeach, which due to its location in the wash has seen tremendous silting since Roman times. Any material earlier than Roman would be expected to be buried very deep. Secondly, at the other end of the field, some 70m away, the finder discovered a fossil on the reverse of which were the letters 'P30'. This find may indicate that the axe formed part of collection that has been disposed of in fairly recent times.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 300000 BC
Date to: Circa 30000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Length: 115 mm
Width: 71 mm
Thickness: 46 mm
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: South Holland
Parish: Holbeach
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TF3524
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Personal details
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Recorded by: Adam Daubney
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Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Friday 24th November 2006
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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