Record ID: ESS-A0506B
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete worked flint probable handaxe of Palaeolithic date (500,000 - 180,000 BC). Description: The object is sub-triangular in plan and sub-triangular in cross section. The proximal end is bulbous, reducing to a point at the distal end. It is formed from a secondary flake of translucent brown flint with white patination over most of the surface. There are two small areas at the proximal end with a sandy colour and texture and the dorsal face has red brown iron staining over half of its surface. The object has been bifacially w…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: PUBLIC-D0ABF5
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A bifacially flaked flint handaxe dating from the Lower Palaeolithic c.800,000-250,000 BC. Description: The handaxe is quite crude but is roughly pointed with a wide rounded butt. It has been bifacially worked, with flaking cover both sides, this has been uneven however leaving one side much thicker than the other and the thinner side being slightly concave. The flint is heavily patinated a white to beige-white and the internal flint where visible is a mid grey-beige. It has been rolled on the surface causing damage to the desert gloss by glacial frost. There are serval areas of furth…
Created on: Wednesday 3rd January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-C0E303
Object type: CORE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Core in mint condition, all flakes are hard hammer struck from a sub-cylindrical section of unpatinated black flint, with thin weathered cortex extant to the areas that have not been modified. One "edge" has been formed by bifacial flake removals, the thicker end has a transverse flake struck from it, a previous (cortical) flake scar has given the platform to do so. Small traces of clay remain in the deep parts of the surface mostly to one side,this is the remains of the deposit at site 3 it was recovered from. Lower Palaeolithic, Circa 600,000 BC, possibly earlier.
Created on: Tuesday 20th August 2019
Last updated: Saturday 23rd March 2024
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Record ID: NMS-BF4925
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Thick sectioned, hard hammer struck tertiary scraper in rolled condition, of pale grey flint with darker mottles, both faces are thinly iron stained with darker iron stains to the high points of the dorsal face, there is extensive recent damage to both faces and the edges, now evident as areas lacking patination. Lower to Middle Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 40,000 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 16th February 2021
Last updated: Saturday 2nd March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: GLO-4F62D2
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Acheulian hand axe: There are large a crude flaking scars covering both the ventral and dorsal sides, the tool is cordiform in plan with a rounded butt, the tip has broken away exposing a light grey flint with lighter grey striations running across the break. The flint has is worn, particularly along the edges. One side has a light brown patina with a large off white patch and off white speckles, the other side has a off white patina with light orange patches. The artefact is made from flint length 144mm, width 97mm, thickness 36mm. It is thought that Homo erectus was the first homini…
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2005
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: KENT-F9E88B
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A 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 dark orange in colour with no cortext remaining. The flint has a glossy patina. The implement has been bifacially worked, both faces appearing to have had equal work with all over with multi-directional flake removals, tending towards the edges. The hand axe is 74.9mm long, 51.3mm wide, 25.1mm thick and weighs 105.36 grams.
Created on: Thursday 14th April 2016
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sellindge', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: YORYMB1409
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
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.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd January 2002
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: LON-D65B4B
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Lower Palaeolithic complete, small, bifacially worked, flint handaxe of cordate type dating c. 400,000-150,000BC. The handaxe was found on the foreshore and consequently is rolled and abraded with a small amount of edge damage. There is invasive soft hammer flaking covering both faces. The butt and mid portion of the axe is thick and it then tapers to a rounded point. The cross section is lentoid (pointed oval). The flint has an orange patina. Similar examples include: DOR-CAC6C5, KENT-F9E88B, SUR-85BDCC. Dimensions: length: 101mm; width: 64mm; thickness: 38mm; weight: 229g
Created on: Tuesday 29th November 2016
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-740353
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Paleolithic mode 2 ovate handaxe (500,000-300,000 years ago) that is sub-oval in plan and has a sub-oval section.  The tool is bifacially worked from a light reddish brown flint using soft hammer flaking. The surface is pitted and heavily abraded from a prolonged exposure to flowing water. 
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOMDOR-505D12
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Large Achuleian handaxe. It is a heavy butted, sub-cordate shape with a slight reversed S twist in profile. It is made from greensand chert. It has a heavy, creamy patina and some slight iron staining. There is no cortex visible. It is a well formed piece with shallow, invasive scars on both faces and a finely worked tip. There is (ancient) heavy wear on both faces and the flake ridges have been abraded to 1-2mm in width. The edges have been crushed in antiquity. There is no modern damage.
Created on: Wednesday 13th July 2005
Last updated: Friday 1st March 2024
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Record ID: SUR-228B26
Object type: BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A pointed retouched flint blade, possibly of late Upper Paleolithic date, 84.5mm in length, lanceolate in form and struck from a brown coloured flint. It has a trapezoidal cross section and a slightly curved side profile. There is low angle sub-parallel retouch along the entirety of one long side and along two thirds of the other, on the dorsal surface only, running to the distal tip, which has a triangular cross section and has been retouched around and across its entirety with semi abrupt and low angle retouch, to refine a working point. The distal end of the ventral s…
Created on: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 28th February 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9E85D1
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete handaxe in rolled condition, of Wymer, J. J. (1999) type E now patinated orange, the recent chips and other damage shows the underlying flint to have originally been tones of grey. Very small and single edged, almost unifacial with most of the hard hammer struck flake scars to one face, the opposing face is mostly smooth in appearance, but there are the ridges left from a few, semi-invasive flake scars to one lateral edge and the butt, the flatter part is either from a natural thermal fracture, or the remains of the ventral surface of a large flake, the rolled and bettered con…
Created on: Monday 12th February 2024
Last updated: Monday 12th February 2024
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Record ID: LON-BFC818
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A group of Palaeolithic worked flint dating from middle Palaeolithic 250000 - 40000 BC. The flints have an all over white patination probably the result of laying in chalky soil, some have patches of orange-brown iron staining. 1. Dimensions: length: 38.87mm; width: 37.96mm; thickness: 8.81mm; weight: 9.38g. 2. Dimensions: length: 43.51mm; width: 35.09mm; thickness: 12.89mm; weight: 20.73g. 3. Dimensions: length: 40.92mm; width: 32.02mm; thickness: 5.44mm; weight: 7.66g.​ 4. Dimensions: length: 57.45mm; width: 24.26mm; thickness: 9.25mm; weight: 9.53g.​ 5. Dimensions: length: …
Created on: Monday 27th November 2017
Last updated: Monday 5th February 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bromley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-FB1139
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A  Lower Palaeolithic bifacial flint handaxe of Acheulean tradition dating to c. 500,000 to 250,000 BC. This is a 'ficron' type handaxe which belongs to the Middle Acheulean tradition. Acording to Wymer (1999) typology, the handaxe is sub-triangular in plan, with straight sides (edge type e), a slightly rounded tip (point type i) and a flat based butt (butt type d).  There are multiple large flaking scars covering both the dorsal and ventral sides with slightly finer flake removal along the edges. The whole artefact has orange/brown iron staining as well as heavy ab…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd January 2024
Last updated: Thursday 25th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-8FEFA7
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and rolled flint handaxe of lower Paleolithic date (500,000-180,000 BC). The tool is bifacially worked and missing its tip but was likely of Ficron type (Wymer (1999) Type M). The tool is triangular in shape, with a tapering profile and plano convex cross section. One side retains around 40% cortex and the surface is patinated / recorticated to an orange brown from prolonged deposition in iron-rich gravels.
Created on: Thursday 18th January 2024
Last updated: Friday 19th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-064915
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Possible small handaxe of Wymer, J. J.(1999) type E, of black flint now patinated dark brown with slight misty light grey colour to small parts of the hard hammer struck flake scars, the majority of the piece is a thin, flat, unmodified nodule with sandy and dark brown cortex (butt type a), only the minimum amount of semi-invasive flakes have been taken to create one cutting edge and a sharpened point by a tranchet flake removal on one face (point type vi), this minimum amount of working and one cutting edge is quite usual with type E handaxes. If intended as a handaxe rather than a Ne…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-06877E
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, incomplete handaxe of Wymer, J. J. (1999) type E/?J, of light grey/brown misty patination over a dark chocolate brown colour, the point has been broken recently at an angle revealing that the flint was originally dark brown, some of the high points to the flake scars are iron stained from contact with agricultural machinery. All surfaces have been modified by flaking so no original surfaces of the “blank” nodule or thermal fracture this handaxe was made from remain. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 250,000 BC.
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-06D935
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small and neatly made complete handaxe in fairly fresh condition: - of Wymer, J. J. (1999) type E/J, of very glossy orange/brown patinated mottled flint, likely to have been of grey flint initially. The dorsal face has a stack of four hinged termination flakes, failed and repeated attempts to thin the apex in the middle of this face, with a further attempt at the bottom left (if viewed with the point uppermost) has also hinged. The ventral face is centripetally flaked to shape but has left the remnants of a large hard hammer struck bulb of percussion at the butt where the flakes didn&r…
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-BE7294
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small, stout sub-cordate handaxe in rather fresh condition, with only very slight rolling to the edges and the high points to the flake scars: - of Wymer, J.J. (1999) type E/G. The flint is thinly patinated slightly brown except for one relatively recent flake scar near to the point on one side due to damage, this shows the original colour of the flint (black with paler grey, slightly coarser inclusions) to be very similar to the surround surfaces. Both faces are confidently knapped with invasive and semi-invasive flake scars overlapping at the centre, on the face with the recent dama…
Created on: Tuesday 16th February 2021
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-75CB3A
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Three hard hammer struck flakes, all aparently tertiary though the heavy orange to white mottled patination and some similarly patinated extensive coarse inclusions on one makes telling the original surface to worked surfaces difficult.  All have recent minor damage to the some of the edges showing the original colour of the flint to have been light grey. Smallest: 4258 x 15 mm. 34g. Largest: 68 x 48 x 23 mm. 67g. Lower to Middle Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 40,000 BC.
Created on: Monday 14th June 2021
Last updated: Sunday 7th January 2024
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Record ID: NMS-9B6F72
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete, tertiary flake/tool, semi-hard hammer struck (pronounced bulb of percussion, no bulbar scar), of sub-trapezoidal section. The dorsal face has several flake scars from a platform orientated 90 degrees from the main axis of striking, these appear to have been detached from the core before the main blow was struck to make this flake/tool, the result is one lateral edge pre-retouched with the terminations of oblique flake scars, the opposing edge is more of a knife-like cutting edge, all thin edges are now damaged (obscuring any original retouch) from the actions of the waves a…
Created on: Wednesday 13th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: ESS-B4BE40
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An complete worked flint hand tool of Palaeolithic date (c.500,000-10,000BC) Description: The object is broadly rectangular in plan and trapezoid in cross section with a slight curve. It has been produced from a tertiary flake of dark grey flint; there are tan brown patches and areas of white flecks on the dorsal face and white patination covering the ventral face. The dorsal face has areas of short, sub-parallel, semi-abrupt retouch on both mesal and a striking platform at the proximal end; the ventral side has a slightly concave curve and…
Created on: Monday 20th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
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Record ID: SUR-9CFE61
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small, heavily rolled and water-worn flint handaxe of lower Paleolithic date (500,000-180,000 BC). The tool is 61.6mm in length and most likely of Wymer (1999) Type K. The tool is bifacially worked from a brown flint using soft hammer flaking with a lenticular cross section and a dark brown to orange patination typical of a period of prolonged deposition in iron-rich gravel deposits. Barnacles and evidence of prolonged marine exposure are also evident.
Created on: Friday 1st December 2023
Last updated: Friday 1st December 2023
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Record ID: NMS-49B519
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete, small sub-cordate handaxe, of Wymer, J.J. (1999) type E/G, of slightly brown patinated flint of good, semi-translucent quality with few coarse inclusions, all flake scars appear to be semi-soft hammer struck and all surfaces have been modified with flakes overlapping at the centre, no trace of the original surface of the “blank” nodule, part nodule or large flake survive including the cortex. All edges and the high points to the flake scars are abraded and rolled, either from the action of the sea or the ancient river delta system that formed the Cromer Forest Bed…
Created on: Wednesday 15th November 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-C90FC1
Object type: BACKED BLADE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A large and heavily recorticated flint blade which has been retouched along one side using long, low angle and semi abrupt scaled and stepped retouch. The other long edge retains cortex along its length; the distal end narrows to a square terminal with a hinge fracture. This is possibly identifiable as a backed blade of Final Late Upper Palaeolithic date (c. 13,000 BC) although such tools were produced throughout prehistory.
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 21st November 2023
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Record ID: NMS-A16569
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete sub-cordate handaxe of Wymer (1999) type G in lightly rolled condition, hard hammer struck flake scars to the entirety of both faces obscuring any original surfaces of the “blank” chosen to make this, the profile is of plano-convex section (one face convex, one face flatter), this suggests that the blank may have been a large thermal (frost) fracture or a large struck flake (practiced less often) as these typically have this profile naturally. Both faces are partially black/dark grey, but large areas have patinated orange/brown from exposure to iron oxides, the dar…
Created on: Tuesday 7th November 2023
Last updated: Monday 20th November 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SUR-6A9063
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small ovate flint handaxe of lower Paleolithic date (500,000-180,000 BC), 95mm in length and of Wymer (1999) Type K. The handaxe is struck from a pale orange-brown flint with cream coloured patination from post depositional exposure to chalky soils. The object is worked with soft-hammered removals across both faces; the cross section is roughly lenticular, but with an asymmetrical lump to one side.
Created on: Tuesday 20th July 2021
Last updated: Thursday 2nd November 2023
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Record ID: SUR-E1FC3B
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A small and complete oval flint core tool; possibly a handaxe (Wymer Type K) of lower to middle Paleolithic date (c500,000 to 40,000 BC) or a later Mesolithic adze. The tool is 76.7mm in length, 45.7mm in width and has been knapped from a nodule of blue grey flint. Patches of brown cortex remain at the butt end. The tool has been bifacially worked, but is asymmetrical, with a convex and a flat side providing a wedge shaped profile. This may suggest a Mesolithic date, however there are no tranchet removals which would be characteristic of core tools of this period.
Created on: Thursday 19th August 2021
Last updated: Friday 27th October 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-742F17
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Middle palaeolithic convex side scraper (Mode 3). Features one convex lateral edge modified with semi-abrupt retouch to form scraping edge.  The opposite edge is unmodified, with one side of the scraper retaining its light grey cortex, and the other side a light reddish brown colour. Dates c. 245,000-40,000 BP. 
Created on: Thursday 24th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-787113
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Lower Paleolithic flint Cordate (heart-shaped) handaxe of Butler mode 2 type J  dating c. 600,000-300,000 years ago. The handaxe has a light reddish brown colour and a pointed oval section.  Both faces are finished by shallow invasive flaking (soft hammer), with the planar face also having almost continuous finer edge retouch, in places giving a step-flaked edge.There is an imperfection in the flint near the base (a hollow filled with crystals) which has been used to create the notch typically seen on Cordate handaxes. 
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 24th October 2023
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Record ID: NARC-FC54C3
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint End Scraper of Upper Palaeolithic date (150,00-10,000 BC). The lithic is sub-ovate in plan and bi-convex in section. The dorsal surface has short parallel flaking along the distal and left-hand edges and a single negative scar at the distal end. The proximal dorsal and ventral ends retain covering cortex. There is rough semi-abrupt retouch along the distal and left-hand edges. The ventral surface is slightly convex with multiple negative scars. The lithic retains a minor amount of cortex and is therefore a secondary flake. The lithic retains cortex and is therefor…
Created on: Wednesday 18th October 2023
Last updated: Thursday 19th October 2023
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Record ID: NARC-477A5B
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint Side Scraper of Upper Palaeolithic date (150,00-10,000 BC). The lithic is sub-rectangular in plan and plano-convex in section. The dorsal surface has one shallow negative scar at the proximal end and ripples of percussion emanating from the proximal end. The proximal end has been blunted and all other edges have rough abrupt retouch. Both the left and right hand edges have minor amounts of short scaled flaking. The ventral surface has seven predominant negative scars with corresponding arrises. There is some cortex retained along the distal and right hand edges. The li…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd November 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 17th October 2023
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Record ID: NMS-D51A31
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, hard hammer struck flake of sub-triangular section, thin, weathered cortex to the dorsal face, the flint itself is patinated misty light grey to the dorsal face, the ventral face is slightly brown, all edges are battered and rolled from the sea. No bulbar scar to the bulb of percussion, this is struck on a ridge to the platform. Uncertain if humanly struck, though given the location it could be Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 250,000 BC.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2023
Last updated: Monday 16th October 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-0A8E6F
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
 Preform biface of  small Lower Palaeolithic Mode 2 flint  ovate handaxe of Butler (2005) Type K dating c. 500,000-250,000 years ago. The handaxe is made of dark blue-grey  flint pebble with with a white patina. The base of the handaxe has not been worked and the original surface of the pebble is present. This may be deliberate, or the axe is not finished. The handaxe is sub-oval in shape and sub-oval in section. that has had medium sized hard and soft hammer flakes removed across its entire surface.
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-0A7E9C
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete small Lower Palaeolithic Mode 2 flint  ovate handaxe of Butler (2005) Type K dating c. 500,000-250,000 years ago. The handaxe is made of dark blue-grey  flint with with a white patina. The handaxe is sub-oval in shape and sub-oval in section. Bifacial handaxe that has had medium sized soft hammer flakes removed across its entire surface.
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-0A6111
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Lower Palaeolithic  handaxe  preform dating c. 500,000-250,000 years ago. The handaxe is made of  pale brownish orange flint with with an orange patina. The handaxe is sub-rectangular in shape and sub-oval in section. Bifacial handaxe that has had hard-hammer flakes removed across most of its surface, with some patina remaining near the base and on one side. .
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-0A4BFA
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete small Lower Palaeolithic Mode 2 flint  ovate handaxe of Butler (2005) Type K dating c. 500,000-250,000 years ago. The handaxe is made of  pale brownish orange flint with with an orange patina. The handaxe is sub-oval in shape and sub-oval in section. Bifacial handaxe that has had medium sized soft hammer flakes removed across its entire surface.
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-0A2258
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Lower Palaeolithic Mode 2 flint handaxe (cleaver)  of Butler (2005) Type H dating c. 500,000-250,000 years ago. The cleaver  is made of  pale brownish-white flint with orange patches and has a white patina. The handaxe is sub-rectangular in shape and sub-oval in section, with  a broken  butt that has some patina remaining. The ventral surface of the axe has some large hard-hammer flakes removed, but the majority look to be slightly smaller soft-hammer flakes, particularly near the tip of the cleaver which has had yet smaller flakes …
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
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Record ID: HAMP-095F8B
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Complete Lower Palaeolithic Mode 2 pointed flint handaxe of Butler (2005) Type F dating c. 500,000-250,000 years ago. The axe  is made of  pale greyish-white flint with orange patches and has a heavy patina. The handaxe is sub-oval in shape and in section, with  a rounded butt that has a deliberate notch. The sides of the axe taper gradually to its semi-pointed tip. The entire surface of the axe has been knapped with  a semi-soft hammer and there is no cortex remaining . All flake scars are fairly large and likely made with a  …
Created on: Friday 26th May 2023
Last updated: Monday 2nd October 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-72C36B
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Single edged segmental “chopping” tool of Wymer, J.J. (1999) type L, of thinly orange patinated mottled grey to black flint, now in slightly rolled condition with losses to the high points of the flake scars and the thinner edges. All flakes appear to be hard hammer struck; two small patches of cortex remain to the thicker edge opposing the cutting edge. Lower Palaeolithic, 600,000 to 250,000 BC, probably of the earlier date given the site.
Created on: Monday 13th December 2021
Last updated: Monday 25th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.