Record ID: YORYM-818451
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete knapped lithic implement of probable Palaeolithic date. The axehead is sub-triangular in plan and pointed ovate in section. The implement has been bifacially worked with crude flaking over all surfaces. The cutting edge has been more extensively worked with finer flaking. The flint is a light grey mottled colour with some small patches of iron staining. The fragment is 69.6mm long, 44.3mm wide, 20.6mm thick and weighs 59g. A similar though more complete axehead has been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database as SUR-6549F5.
Created on: Friday 12th October 2012
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: YORYM-8151E2
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete knapped lithic implement of probable Palaeolithic date. The fragment is part of a bifacially worked axehead with crude flaking over all surfaces. The flint is a light grey mottled colour with patches of iron staining. The fragment is 70.1mm long, 62.2mm wide, 30.6mm thick and weighs 115g. A similar though more complete axehead has been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database as SUR-6F1AE5.
Created on: Friday 12th October 2012
Last updated: Monday 15th October 2012
Spatial data recorded.