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HANDAXE
Unique ID: KENT-7039FD
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An Cordate flint handaxe of Palaeolithic date (800,000 - 40,000 BC). The Axe has convex sides and the butt-end is wider than the cutting-end. It has a pointed oval cross section. The flint is pale grey to oragne in colour with no cortext remaining. The fint has a glossy patina.
The implement has been bifacially worked, both faces appareing to have had equale work with all over with multi-directional flake removals, tending towards the edges.
The hand axe is 107.3mm long, 88.1mm wide, 31.3mm thick and weighs 280grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
Period from: PALAEOLITHIC
Period to: PALAEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 800000 BC
Date to: Circa 40000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 107.3 mm
Width: 88.1 mm
Thickness: 31.3 mm
Weight: 280 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Ashford (District)
Parish or ward: Kingsnorth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ9939
Four figure Latitude: 51.11572636
Four figure longitude: 0.8418487
1:25K map: TQ9939
1:10K map: TQ93NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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