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HANDAXE
Unique ID: KENT-708ECF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An Ovate 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. There are two large depression flakes, one on either side of the handaxe, probably causedby frost shatter.
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 102.1mm long, 56.7mm wide, 20.8mm thick and weighs 121.28 grams.
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: 102.1 mm
Width: 56.7 mm
Thickness: 20.8 mm
Weight: 121.28 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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