Record ID: NMS-9752E0
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
Flint hand axe, 139 x 76 x 37mm. Oval in plan and tending to a plano-convex section, all flake removals appear to hard hammer struck. With a prominent "hump" on the convex face near to the butt. Recent chips show the original colour of the flint to be pale grey, the undamaged surfaces now heavily patinated glossy brown from exposure to iron oxides within the derived glacial gravels that this handaxe has been retrieved from. The body is rolled, blunting the edges and is extensively frost cracked, it is surprising that it has endured to the present day. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 - …
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2012
Last updated: Thursday 18th January 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Grimston', grid reference and parish protected.