Record ID: LIN-DED677 - PALAEOLITHIC lithic implement

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Lithic implement

Unique ID: LIN-DED677

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Lower Palaeolithic hand axe

Lower Palaeolithic flint hand axe. The axe is ovate in plan and in cross-section, and made from a mottled blue-white flint with yellow patina on the surface. There are patches of mid-brown cortex on the dorsal surface. The tip is missing.

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 100000 BC
Date to: Circa 50000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 82 mm
Width: 70 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: North Kesteven
Parish: Osbournby

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TF0738
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 1000 metre square.

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]

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