Record ID: CAM-8B0752
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A pointed Lower Palaeolithic Acheulian flint handaxe which is patinated white and bifacially worked. Part of the butt has broken off and since patinated. There is also a small portion that has broken off more recently at the edge, near the point, which reveals light grey flint. The sides taper gradually to a point which has survived well. One face has brown scrape marks along it. The length is 103.43mm, the width is 60.16mm, the thickness is 31.06mm and the weight is 131.2g.
Created on: Wednesday 13th June 2012
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somersham Parish Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-1B06A6
Object type: WORKED OBJECT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: City of Peterborough
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete piece of worked quartzite stone identified by Mr John Lord at a public event held in Peterborough Museum on the 16th of July 2010. This worked stone is Palaeolithic in date. Found in the area of a Limestone quarry. One end of the stone has broken off transversely. The tool has a flattened back and three facets to the upper surface. The tool tapers to a rounded point. The largest facet on the upper surface has a width of c.17.92mm, the central facet has a width of c.18.03mm and the final facet is c. 8.53mm wide. If this stone had been made into a tool then it would have o…
Created on: Saturday 17th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 20th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Swaddy Well Pit', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CAM-027416
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Palaeolithic flint handaxe. The axe is 122mm long and 90mm wide. Its thickness is 28mm and its weight is ?g. It is ovate or cordate in shape, with bifacial working. The dorsal surface retains some cortex. Part of the ventral surface at the proximal end has broken off. All edges apart from the proximal? end have been retouched to form cutting edges. The orange/brown patination suggests deposition within river terrace gravels. This is Lower or Middle Palaeolithic(Achuelian) and probably dates to between 360,000 to 180,000 BC.
Created on: Tuesday 3rd November 2009
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: CAM-1CDFE6
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worked white-chert flint implement of paleolithic date. The implement is irregular in shape. It is 141mm long, 88mm in width and 21mm in thickness at its thickest.
Created on: Monday 22nd May 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 26th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.