HANDAXE

Unique ID: SUR-2A4C65

Object type certainty: Certain

A Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe, probably originally of ovate form. Much of one face and one long edge of the axe is missing, probably due to frost or plough action. The patina is an ochrish brown and the visible flint has a brown hue.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 500000 BC
Date to: Circa 40000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Length: 74.63 mm
Weight: 81 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

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

Spatial data

Region: South East And London
County: West Sussex
District: Horsham
Parish: Shipley

Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: TQ1219
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source:
Grid reference accurate to a 100 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: Mr David W Williams - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr David W Williams - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: 11-1498

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    Created: Wednesday 8th February 2012
    Updated: Sunday 25th March 2012

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