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Axe
Unique ID: LIN-D3C064
Object type certainty: Certain
A flint Acheulian hand-axe. The axe is roughly triangular in plan and a pointed oval in cross-section. The flint is a mottled mid-brown-cream colour.
The axe was shown at a meeting of the Lithics society (2009) where it was apparently verified as being Acheulian.
Class: Acheulian
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 300000 BC
Date to: Circa 100000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Length: 72 mm
Width: 45 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight: 53.79 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: East Midlands
County: Nottinghamshire
District: Newark And Sherwood
Parish: Langford
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SK8356
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 100 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Personal details
Recorded by: Adam Daubney
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Identified by: Adam Daubney - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Monday 7th December 2009
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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