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HANDAXE

Unique ID: YORYMB1409

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Lower Palaeolithic hand axe. Found in the garden wall. The property is on the site of an abbey. The axe has been broken in antiquity and re-worked along the fracture.

Chronology

Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: 800000 BC
Date to: 150000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 115 mm
Width: 66 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight: 208.7 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: YORYM : E02793

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete

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Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
Parish or ward: Blythburgh (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TM4574
Four figure Latitude: 52.309407
Four figure longitude: 1.592692
1:25K map: TM4574
1:10K map: TM47SE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Unknown
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Garden

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: YORYM
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: About one month ago

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