Record ID: SF-AA5824
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint lower Paleolithic handaxe. It is cordate shaped and bifacially worked, but with a small section of cortex remaining in the centre of one face. There is heavy iron staining on all surfaces and the edges are rolled.  Found along the north Suffolk coast on the edge of the Pakefield to Kessingland outcrop of forest bed material (see Robins et al. 2008).  Length: 73.96mm, width: 56.27mm, thickness: 24.28mm, weight: 150g
Created on: Friday 21st July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AA5159
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint lower Paleolithic handaxe. Small sub-cordate shape and bifacially worked with just a small amount of cortex remaining towards the butt end of one face. The flint is dark grey-brown in colour with light speckled patination that is heavier on the face with the cortex. Rolled edges.  Found along the north Suffolk coast on the edge of the Pakefield to Kessingland outcrop of forest bed material (see Robins et al. 2008).  Length: 81.46mm, width: 71.16mm, thickness: 23.00mm, weight: 141.89g
Created on: Friday 21st July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AA40F8
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint lower Paleolithic handaxe likely to date to around 600,000 BC. Sub-cordate shape (Wymer (1999) Type E/D) with retouch mainly confined to the edges of both faces. There is a large patch of pebble cortex remaining in the centre of one face. The edges and surfaces are heavily abraded.  Found along the north Suffolk coast on the edge of the Pakefield to Kessingland outcrop of forest bed material (see Robins et al. 2008).  Length: 121.53mm, width: 91.76mm, thickness: 29.11mm, weight: 340g
Created on: Friday 21st July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-AA327C
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint lower Paleolithic handaxe. Pointed in shape and bifacially worked with a small patch of cortex remaining in the centre of one face. The face without the cortex is more heavily patinated and all surfaces are iron stained. The edges are rolled and the pointed tip is particularly abraded. Found along the north Suffolk coast on the edge of the Pakefield to Kessingland outcrop of forest bed material (see Robins et al. 2008).  Length: 112.87mm, width: 73.86mm, thickness: 37.81mm, weight: 302g
Created on: Friday 21st July 2023
Last updated: Thursday 7th September 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Suffolk', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-830EA1
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe dating to circa 500,000 to 250,000 BC. It is pointed oval in plan and bificially flaked multi-directionally. The colour is grey brown significant iron staining on each face. 
Created on: Tuesday 13th June 2023
Last updated: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bedfield', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-BFA05E
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe dating to circa 500,000-150,001 BC. It is sub-cordate in plan and pointed oval in cross section. Extensive working with a hammer on both faces. There is significant covering iron staining. Length: 85.6mm; Width: 55.4mm; Thickness: 15.2mm; Weight: 88.02g.
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 27th April 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Shelley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-A38DB6
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint handaxe of lower Paleolithic date (500,000-150,000 BC). It is relatively small in size, sub-cordate in shape and pointed oval in cross-section. There is extensive working with a semi-hard hammer on both faces leaving none of the original surfaces of the blank visible. The edges are heavily abraded or 'rolled' and there is a small section missing to one side of the rounded end. Both surfaces are heavily patinated, but the internal dark grey flint is visible in places around the edges due to damage. There is orange iron staining on the high points of the flake scars …
Created on: Thursday 10th September 2020
Last updated: Friday 11th September 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Layham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMS-970A76
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, sub-trapezoidal sectioned, hard hammer struck flake, in fresh condition but patinated brown with iron oxide concretions to the ventral face. The distal end and right lateral side (when viewed with from the dorsal face with the platform uppermost) is formed by original thermal (frost) fractures from the core. The left lateral edge is a hinged flake scar, the central face on this side appears to be a bi-polar flake scar, possibly produced by the anvil technique?  The slightly hooked distal edge (edge angle circa. 75 degrees) has fine use wear along its length with tiny fl…
Created on: Monday 11th May 2020
Last updated: Monday 27th February 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: NMS-9679B9
Object type: FLAKE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Secondary, hard hammer struck flake, of black and grey flint, now lightly patininated orange and white, the edges are broken at a steep angle resembling retouch, though this is later damage as they lack the same degree of patination. Three large flakes have been previously removed to the dorsal face, one overlaps another and looks like part of the same flake scar. The wide platform has four incipient cones of percussion from trying to remove this flake, the last one (very close to a previous blow) clearly "did the job". Thin, weathered cortex is extant to the distal end of the dorsal …
Created on: Monday 11th May 2020
Last updated: Monday 18th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SF-64DC24
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An ?incomplete flint crude handaxe or core tool of probable lower Paleolithic date (500,000-150,000 BC). It is crudely sub-cordate in shape and sub-oval in cross-section. It reaches a blunt point at one end, the tip of which may be incomplete. Bifacially flaked using a soft hammer with patches of finer working in places around the sides. A large chunk is missing to one side of the butt end with patches of fine retouch around this on one face suggesting that this may represent post-production damage. The flint is a mottled dark brown colour with patches of heavier patination and orange…
Created on: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Last updated: Tuesday 3rd December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lowestoft', grid reference and parish protected.