A Lower Palaeolithic ovate flint handaxe, probably dating between 500,000 and 250,000 years ago. The axe is ovate in plan and pointed-oval in cross-section. The handaxe has a cream-coloured patina with patches of orange-brown coloured patina along many of the flake ridges. The tip of the axe is missing, having been broken in antiquity. The axe is smooth and rolled.<\/p>
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The axe was discovered on the beach at Stokes Bay, Gosport, circa 1987. Along that stretch of coast there are eroding river gravel deposts from the former River Solent, so it is likely that this has been eroded out of one of the river terraces.<\/p>","notes":null,"old_findID":"LIN-2A3012","id":"401021","objecttype":"AXE","classification":"Ovate","subclass":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2010-07-30 11:01:37","broadperiod":"PALAEOLITHIC","updated":"2010-07-30 12:34:01","treasureID":null,"secwfstage":"4","secuid":"PAS4C52A301001335","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":null,"datefound1":null,"datefound2":null,"createdBy":"54","curr_loc":null,"inscription":null,"reason":null,"subsequentAction":"Returned to finder"}],"record":[{"id":"401021","old_findID":"LIN-2A3012","uniqueID":"PAS4C52A301001335","objecttype":"AXE","classification":"Ovate","subclass":null,"length":"167","height":null,"width":"119","thickness":"43","diameter":null,"quantity":"1","other_ref":null,"treasureID":null,"broadperiod":"PALAEOLITHIC","numdate1":"-500000","numdate2":"-250000","description":"
A Lower Palaeolithic ovate flint handaxe, probably dating between 500,000 and 250,000 years ago. The axe is ovate in plan and pointed-oval in cross-section. The handaxe has a cream-coloured patina with patches of orange-brown coloured patina along many of the flake ridges. The tip of the axe is missing, having been broken in antiquity. The axe is smooth and rolled.<\/p>
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The axe was discovered on the beach at Stokes Bay, Gosport, circa 1987. Along that stretch of coast there are eroding river gravel deposts from the former River Solent, so it is likely that this has been eroded out of one of the river terraces.<\/p>","notes":null,"reuse":null,"created":"2010-07-30 11:01:37","updated":"2010-07-30 12:34:01","secwfstage":"4","findofnote":null,"objecttypecert":null,"datefound1":null,"datefound2":null,"inscription":null,"disccircum":null,"museumAccession":null,"subsequentAction":"1","objectCertainty":null,"dateFromCertainty":"1","dateToCertainty":"1","dateFoundFromCertainty":null,"dateFoundToCertainty":null,"subPeriodFrom":"1","subPeriodTo":null,"reason":null,"username":"adaubney","fullname":"Adam Daubney","institution":"LIN","usernameUpdate":"adaubney","fullnameUpdate":"Adam Daubney","primaryMaterial":"Flint","secondaryMaterial":null,"decoration":null,"style":null,"manufacture":"Knapped\/flaked","surfaceTreatment":null,"completeness":"Complete","preservation":null,"cert":null,"periodFrom":"PALAEOLITHIC","periodTo":null,"culture":null,"discmethod":"Metal detector","finder":null,"identifier":" Adam Daubney","secondaryIdentifier":null,"recorder":" Adam Daubney","county":"HAMPSHIRE","parish":"GOSPORT","district":"GOSPORT","easting":null,"northing":null,"gridref":null,"fourFigure":null,"map25k":null,"map10k":null,"address":null,"postcode":null,"findspotdescription":null,"lat":null,"lon":null,"knownas":null,"source":null,"obverse_description":null,"obverse_inscription":null,"reverse_description":null,"reverse_inscription":null,"denomination":null,"degree_of_wear":null,"allen_type":null,"va_type":null,"mack":null,"reeceID":null,"die":null,"wearID":null,"moneyer":null,"revtypeID":null,"categoryID":null,"typeID":null,"tribeID":null,"status":null,"rulerQualifier":null,"denominationQualifier":null,"mintQualifier":null,"dieAxisCertainty":null,"initialMark":null,"reverseMintMark":null,"statusQualifier":null,"tribe":null,"region":null,"area":null,"ruler1":null,"ruler2":null,"period_name":null,"date_range":null,"mint_name":null,"wear":null,"die_axis_name":null,"category":null,"type":null,"emperorID":null,"mintid":null,"reverseType":null,"i":"291484","f":"LIN9545.jpg","imagedir":"images\/adaubney\/"}]}