Record ID: SF-757570
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint handaxe. The axe is essentially sub-cordate in form, but its shape is distorted by an angular projection to one side of the butt end. It has been struck on a thermal fractured flake from a larger nodule. The edges and ridges on both faces are fairly abraded or 'rolled'. A small amount of cortex remains on the ventral face and slightly more in patches on the dorsal face. There is differential patination on each face with a mottled light brown, orange stained patina covering the dorsal face, but only extending across c.40 % of the ventral face leaving the dark brown col…
Created on: Monday 17th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 18th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Happisburgh', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-ADD4AE
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A lower Palaeolithic flake dating to 800,000 - 250,000 BC, possibly Clactonian. The flake is sub-rectangular in shape and has a crested cross-section. This is a primary flake where the whole of the dorsal and ventral face are covered by a smooth light brown cortex with a rougher beige patina in some areas. There is short, scaled low angled retouch on both faces at the distal end, and in one corner of proximal end. The sides of the flake have short, stepped low angled retouch. Where there is retouch the cortex has been chipped away and has a light greyish brown patina, apart from on…
Created on: Thursday 2nd May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 9th May 2019
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Record ID: BERK-AD272D
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a lower Palaeolithic flint ficron handaxe dating to 800,000 - 250,000 BC. The fragment is trapezoidal in plan, and lozenge-shaped in cross-section. Both faces have invasive, semi-abrupt, scaled retouch. The sides of the fragment have short, scaled, low angled retouch. The distal end has an old break and a width of 28.3mm. The fragment then tapers outwards towards a wider butt which also has an old break with a width of 39.3mm. Both ends are lozenge-shaped in cross-section and are patinated with multi shades of grey and white patches. Both faces have a concave profile …
Created on: Thursday 2nd May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 9th May 2019
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Record ID: BERK-AC1D73
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete lower Palaeolithic flint sub-cordate handaxe dating to c.300,000 - 200,000 BC. The handaxe is ovoid in plan and pointed oval in cross-section. Both faces have invasive, semi-abrupt, scaled retouch. Around the sides of the whole handaxe there are short, stepped, low angled retouch. On one face at the wide rounded butt there are angled jagged breaks which are patinated with multi shades of grey and white patches. Due to this break and the fact that it is bifacially worked, it is difficult to determine the dorsal and ventral face. The rest of the flint has a light brown …
Created on: Thursday 2nd May 2019
Last updated: Thursday 9th May 2019
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Record ID: CORN-5C42EA
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lower Palaeolithic unifacial flint handaxe dating from the Acheulean period (400,000 to 160,000 years BP). The handaxe is pointed in plan and plano-convex in profile and in section (Wymer type F); it is 128.5 mm in length, 77.5 mm in width, 43.5 mm in thickness and 332.15 g in weight. The handaxe was made on a flake removed from a large beach cobble. The point of percussion is visible at the proximal butt end. The ventral face has been trimmed flat by the removal of several shallow flakes from the right margin. There is an oval inclusion, as part of a fault, of coarse cortical mater…
Created on: Thursday 4th April 2019
Last updated: Sunday 24th November 2019
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Record ID: WAW-232ED6
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A probable Lower Palaeolithic (500,000 to 40,000 BC) implement: handaxe. The axe is knapped from flint which is heavily patinated, and is a mottled bright brown-orange due to iron staining. The axe is incomplete or fragmentary, and the break is across the section revealing a sub-triangular section. The break is not too recent, but does have a mottled light yellow/beige colour. The implements' overall original shape is difficult to determine, but what remains is triangular. The axe is bifacially flaked with rolled edges. The flakes vary in size but reveal conchoidal ripples. The imp…
Created on: Monday 1st April 2019
Last updated: Monday 1st April 2019
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Record ID: WREX-DAAB27
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Acheulean handaxe c. 500,000 to 180,000 BP. Translucent brown flint with a darker brown sub-circular patch at the centre of the object. the axe is ovate in plan and pointed oval in section. Bifacially flaked using soft hammer. Length: 157mm; width: 77.8mm; thickness: 35.5mm; weight: 409.8g
Created on: Monday 22nd October 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 17th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horsham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-DA21E3
Object type: AXEHEAD
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint bifacial ovate hand axe dating from the Lower Palaeolithic period, originally from the collection of Roy Rainbird Clarke (1914-1963). The hand axe belongs to the Acheulean tradition and is classified by Wymer (1999) as Mode 2, Type K on page 11, fig.4. Made on a large flint flake which has been worked by the removal of flakes around the circumference of the flake to produce a roughout, followed by thinning using a soft hammer to remove shallow flakes from both faces, removing all traces of the original flint cortex. The domed dorsal face has been finished by the removal of a s…
Created on: Monday 23rd April 2018
Last updated: Thursday 26th April 2018
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Record ID: NMS-20C795
Object type: BACKED BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Upper Palaeolithic long blade, soft hammer struck from an opposed platform core. The blade is patinated dark brown with elongated small white inclusions. There appears to be no recent damage so the original colour of the flint cannot be determined, though the bulb of percussion was broken in antiquity by a transverse bending fracture, and a spall to form a burin was struck from this break. One side near the distal end has been semi-invasively flaked (or "bruised") on the ventral face to form a shallow concavity and the mid-point to the opposite lateral edge has been steeply retou…
Created on: Wednesday 1st February 2017
Last updated: Monday 16th April 2018
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Record ID: FAJN-66BBE9
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A large Lower Palaeolithic Acheulean flint handaxe dating to c.340,000-190,000 bc (either 340,000-300,000 bc or 245,000-190,000 bc depending upon which Thames valley gravel terrace it was derived from). in slightly abraded condition. It is ovate in plan with a pointed oval cross section.
Created on: Thursday 8th October 2015
Last updated: Tuesday 21st April 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Abingdon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: HESH-B1BD49
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An exceptionally large flint blade of possible late (upper) Palaeolithic or more probable early Mesolithic date (12000 -6500 BC) or early Neolithic date (3500-2300 BC). The blade is broadly sub-rectangular in shape and triangular(crested) in cross section. The prepared striking platform is present as is the keeled bulb of percussion on the ventral face. The dorsal face shows a number of vertical flake scars (ridges / crests) formed by the removal of other flakes from a large prepared core prior to the creation of this blade - all these removals have been caused by blades being taken i…
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2015
Last updated: Thursday 31st October 2019
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Record ID: WMID-49DD1B
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete unifacial quartzite handaxe, of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (400, 000 BC to 50, 000 BC). The quartzite handaxe has been struck from a pebble core. It has been worked unifacially (one side). Approximately 50% of the pebble has been worked. Two large flakes have been removed, to create the main shape, with a couple of smaller flakes removed from the right hand side to create a slightly serrated edge. It measures 102.1 mm in length, 58.5 mm wide and 33.1 mm thick. It weighs 314 g. The quartzite is a mid brown colour, with a couple of curved red veins.
Created on: Thursday 13th November 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 25th November 2014
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Record ID: LON-0C3F45
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An upper palaeolithic flint sub-cordate handaxe, dating 40,000-10,001BC. This is a flaked axehead. There is extensive flake removal on both the dorsal and ventral surfaces; there is an area of cortex covering approximately one third of the dorsal surface, the butt and a smaller section of the ventral surface. The axehead is sub-triangular in plan and it is an irregular oval in cross-section. This axehead has been rolled and there is some damage to the edges and point. The flint is glossy, dark grey. Dimensions: length: 80.15mm; width: 68.01mm; thickness: 22.46mm; weight: 138.35g. …
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 9th August 2017
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Record ID: WMID-D08116
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped quartzite subcordate biface handaxe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 500, 000 BC to c. 150,000 BC). The biface exhibits working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface handaxe (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Approximately 60% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 40% of the surface. The biface has an ovoid shape with a slightly pointed tip and a thick rounded profile. The butt is made of smooth cortex. The interior right side about 1/4 from the butt has been ham…
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2013
Last updated: Friday 25th October 2013
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Record ID: WMID-D074B2
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped quartzite pointed biface handaxe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 250,000 BC). The biface exhibits working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface handaxe (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Approximately 40% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 60% of the surface. The biface has an ovoid shape with a slight point at the tip, with a rounded thick profile which thins at the tip. The butt is smooth, rounded and made of cortex. The cortex itself is d…
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd May 2017
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Record ID: WMID-D066C6
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped quartzite bifacial core-axe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 40,000 BC). The biface exhibits working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Approximately 60% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 40% of the surface. The biface has an ovoid shape, with a rounded tip and a smooth rounded cortex but. The cortex is a dark orange/brown in colour, with worked areas being a lighter shade of orange/brown. The Cortex on th…
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 7th May 2014
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Record ID: WMID-D05146
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped quartzite pointed biface handaxe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 40,000 BC). The biface exhibits working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface handaxe (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Though rolling has made it difficult to approximate how much of the surface has been worked. The handaxe has a trapezoidal shape, with a rounded butt and a pointed tip. There is an of center rise on the interior face that begins left of the butt and convexes towards the tip. Visible from the interior face the right …
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 7th May 2014
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Record ID: WMID-D03E04
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped quartzite pointed biface handaxe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 40,000 BC). The handaxe exhibits working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface handaxe (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Approximately 70% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 30% of the surface. The interior is of a mainly smooth surface compared the exterior which is rough, ridged and has been knapped on the right side creating a concave from the tip of the butt to the mid point…
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
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Record ID: WMID-540221
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / knapped quartzite pointed biface handaxe of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 40,000 BC). The handaxe exhibits working on both interior (upper) and exterior (lower) faces, making it a biface handaxe (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Approximately 60% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 40% of the surface. The biface has a trapezoidal shape with a pointed tip and a rounded smooth butt made of cortex. The cortex is a dark grey/brown in colour. The exterior face has a central strip of cortex …
Created on: Tuesday 16th July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
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Record ID: WMID-408A20
Object type: PICK
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete struck / knapped quartzite unifacial elongated pick of Lower and / or Middle Palaeolithic dating (c. 800, 000 BC to c. 40,000 BC). A series of flat retouch scars are presented. The pick exhibits working on the exterior (lower) face only (Graf, A., 2004, 84). Approximately 60% of the surface has been worked, with the original surface or cortex covering the remaining 40% of the surface. The cortex has been hammered flat creating a flattened interior. The butt has also been flattened and just above there is a smooth indent which is almost like a thumb print. On the exterior…
Created on: Monday 15th July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 22nd August 2013
Spatial data recorded.