Record ID: CPAT-5EA735
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
This object is a Mode 2: Acheulian handaxe of the Lower Palaeolithic. Mode 2 tools being worked symmetrically on both sides indicating greater care in the production of the final tool. The axe is a pointed oval shape and bifacially worked. It is made from a grey cream mottled flint, now patinated with orange/ochre. All the edges are clearly worked and there appears to be a small section of cortex (or an inclusion) on the centre of one face. The smooth polished surface of the axe is the result of having been abraded over the millennia. It has the classic gravel staining of having been …
Created on: Friday 3rd October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.