Record ID: LEIC-748E1E
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A possible stone Paleolithic handaxe, dating to c. 500,000 - 180,000 BC. The handaxe is possibly made from a quartzite. The axe is drop shaped and pointed oval in section. The handaxe is made from a dark brown stone and has a glossy exterior.  Length: 101.6 mm Width: 54.6 mm Thickness: 30.5 mm Weight: 172.16 g
Created on: Monday 12th December 2022
Last updated: Monday 7th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-110A78
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A near-complete Lower Palaeolithic ovate handaxe. Orange chert, bifacially worked, with small areas of later shattering to the edges and a small removal scar (damage) to the right lower edge of one face which reveals the underlying grey colour. 
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Last updated: Thursday 28th July 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-C402E8
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lower palaeolithic small ovate handaxe. Dark grey/brown flint with a band of white across the lower half of one face.   Width (butt): 63.5mm at widest point (butt). Width: 61mm (mid point). 
Created on: Wednesday 29th June 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 5th July 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Warsash', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: HAMP-4485BE
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe of chordate form (Wymer Type J), struck from a pale brown flint which is heavily patinated with a thick white patina from prolonged secondary deposition in calcareous sediments. The axe measures 92.6mm long by 74.6mm wide and 38.4mm thick and is bifacially worked with invasive soft hammer flaking covering both faces. The cutting edges are heavily abraded and the pointed tip has broken off.
Created on: Thursday 23rd June 2022
Last updated: Thursday 23rd June 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-4EE652
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Palaeolithic ovate handaxe. Bifacially worked with an area of cortext remaining in the centre of one face and both sides with white recortication. Damage to one end reveals the underlying grey/brown chert. Waterworn.     
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Last updated: Thursday 16th June 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-4EB67E
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small ovate Palaeolithic handaxe. Pale grey/buff chert. Bifacially worked, but with a large area of brown cortex remaining on one face.  
Created on: Wednesday 18th May 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 15th June 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-DE087F
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Middle Palaeolithic Coygan ('Bout Coupe') handaxe. Cream/beige flint or chert. Sub-rectangular with a straight base, and narrows to a rounded tip (now incomplete). All edges have shattered damage. One face has a flat profile formed by three horizontal removal scars, the left-most with a further removal flake at 45 degrees to the edge. The other face has a raised profile with invasive, stepped or scaled, low angle retouch. An area of cortex remains at the base. Palaeolithic handaxes are common finds from Hampshire, but more typically of Lower Palaeolithic date and from the sout…
Created on: Tuesday 1st March 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-CB6C52
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lower Palaeolithic sub-cordate handaxe. Bifacially worked with areas of cortex remaining on both surfaces. The 'ventral' face has invasive removal scars to the right and left of the pointed apex, and natural fracture lines at the butt. The 'dorsal' has invasive stepped removals along both sides, and a large natural fracture with loss of surface area at the butt, corresponding to the fracture line on the other face. Water worn. Orange/beige chert with small patches of recortication.
Created on: Monday 28th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-CB4975
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lower Palaeolithic 'crude stone-struck' handaxe. Both faces retain large areas of cortex. The 'ventral' face has probable removal scars from the mid-point to the pointed tip. The 'dorsal' face has invasive stepped removals from the butt (right side). Areas of natural damage to the edges. Very water worn. Orange/beige chert.
Created on: Monday 28th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-CB1A80
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lower Palaeolithic pointed handaxe or pebble tool. One face ('ventral') retains a large natural protrusion with areas of cortex. The other face ('dorsal') has removal scars across the surface. Areas of natural damage to the edges. Very water worn. Orange/beige chert.
Created on: Monday 28th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-CAAE59
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lower Palaeolithic ovate handaxe. Bifacially worked, with patches of cortex on both faces. Very water worn. Beige/grey chert.
Created on: Monday 28th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-CA9472
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lower Palaeoltihic small ovate handaxe. Bifacially worked, recorticated. Modern damage reveals the underlying darker stone. Very water worn. Beige/grey chert, with patches of cortex at the butt and the right side of one face.
Created on: Monday 28th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 8th March 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-CA627F
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lower Palaeolithic small ovate handaxe. Bifacially worked with short, stepped, low angle retouch on one face at the distal end, and a small area of cortex on one face. Water worn. Beige/grey chert.
Created on: Monday 28th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd March 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-CA2C7D
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lower Palaeolithic small pointed handaxe. Bifacially worked, with an area of short, stepped, low angle retouch on one face at the distal end, and a small area of cortex remaining on both faces. Water worn. Orange/beige chert.
Created on: Monday 28th February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 12th April 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-50D735
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worked chert flake, handaxe or possible core of Palaeolithic date. One face has wide removal scars, the other face appears to be the original cortical surface with natural facets. Very water worn. Pale brown/orange chert with recorticated surfaces.
Created on: Tuesday 22nd February 2022
Last updated: Tuesday 12th April 2022
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Record ID: HAMP-64DD47
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lower Palaeolithic ovate flint handaxe. Orange chert, stained and abraded from its burial environment. Both faces retain areas of cortex, and one face retains a prominent raised lump which has not been removed through knapping. Thickness (max): 42mm.
Created on: Tuesday 30th November 2021
Last updated: Tuesday 14th December 2021
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Record ID: HAMP-13CB94
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Lower Palaeolithic sub-cordate handaxe. Orange-yellow flint. Water worn. One face retains a patch of cortex and has a significant missing chunk from post-depositional damage.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd November 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2021
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Record ID: HAMP-13ACC2
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cordate Lower Palaeolithic handaxe. Pale grey flint with one small area of cortex and one natural inclusion. Water worn.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd November 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2021
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Record ID: HAMP-12EA21
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Lower Palaeolithic bifacial pointed handaxe. Dark grey flint with iron staining on one face, and an extensive area of cortex remaining on the other face. Water worn, and with a large removal to one side from post-depositional damage. Width (mid point): 70.60mm Thickness (mid point): 30.85mm
Created on: Tuesday 2nd November 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 8th June 2022
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Record ID: NMS-60EB4C
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Quartzite handaxe in slightly rolled condition, hard hammer struck from a semi-flat water worn cobble, in an alternate flake pattern, one flake struck from one face and then turned over and the previous flake scar used as a platform for the next, forming a zig-zag cutting edge. All flakes appear to have been done in a single pass apart from the area of semi-invasive flaking (likely to be the main cutting edge) where a secondary large flake scar has hinged, trying to follow the high point between the two previous flakes. The butt has largely been left unworked (butt type a), part …
Created on: Monday 8th March 2021
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd March 2022
Spatial data recorded.