Record ID: BERK-14C4FB
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A bifacially flaked flint handaxe of cleaver form dating to the Lower Palaeolithic c.500,000-250,000 BC. The handaxe has a sub-rounded butt, wider middle and a blunt 'blade' end. It has been bifacially worked, with uneven flaking covering both sides leaving uneven surfaces and a plano-convex cross-section. The edges are defined by short, scaled, abrupt retouch. The blade edge is wide and clearly defined giving the axe a 'cleaver' form. The flint has a light-mid brown 'toffee' colour with some large patches of cortex present especially around one edge across to one side, and some iron …
Created on: Tuesday 5th November 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 1st April 2020
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Record ID: BERK-AA8256
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Lower Palaeolithic flint cordate handaxe in very good condition, dating from c. 500,000-150,000 BC. An elaborate tool with bifacial removals achieved by hard hammer percussion. Some recortifcation and post-depositional weather damage is evident with more recent damage to tip. The butt is trimmed and the point rounded. The raw material is buff in colour externally.
Created on: Wednesday 21st December 2016
Last updated: Monday 9th October 2017
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Record ID: BERK-DF443B
Object type: DEBITAGE
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Published
A small waste flake (debitage) of unceratin prehistoric date. The flake is made on a light grey-brown flint as a result of soft hammer percussion. The platform is retained but there is no obvious bulb or fracture lines. The flake has suffered some modern damage. This flake is likely to be of later prehistoric date but it is not particually diagnostic; suggested date: Mesolithic - Bronze Age, c. 8000 - 800 BC.
Created on: Friday 15th August 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 27th August 2014
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Record ID: BERK-7F2596
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lower palaeolithic handaxe, dating from c. 476,000 - 421,000 BC. The handaxe has been made of a flint nodule that has a greyish-white outer colouring, likely to be from a chalk downlands source. Dating from the Anglian phase of the Lower Palaeolithic, c. 478,000 to 423,000 years ago, the hand axe has bifacial removals made using a hard hammer, such as another stone. Although the hand axe has some post-depositional damage and iron staining, it survives in very good condition. Based on the location of discovery this hand axe probably derived from the Caversham Channel, an ancient rout…
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2013
Last updated: Monday 4th September 2017
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Record ID: BERK-38A5D3
Object type: LITHIC IMPLEMENT
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lithic implement, possibly an Lower Paleolithic hand axe but it is also possible that it is a Late Neolithic 'Ovate'. Roughly flaked but with some finer retouch forming a point.
Created on: Wednesday 14th November 2012
Last updated: Friday 24th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caversham area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-6290A0
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete pointed handaxe dating from the Lower Palaeolithic period (c, 500,000-40,000 BC). The handaxe is in good condition and appears to have been 'rolled', a reflection of its age and suggesting it has been in a high energy environment (such as a river) before its final deposition. The flint appears to be Chiltern flint, now being a reddish-orange in colour. Recortication is evident on the dorsal surface.
Created on: Wednesday 30th November 2011
Last updated: Sunday 25th March 2012
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Record ID: BERK-AC5646
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A probable Middle Palaeolithic handaxe. The handaxe is incomplete and was probably broken during manufacture or use, while one small area of more modern damage is evident. The handaxe is bifacially retouched, and a creamy grey core is covered by a thick orange patina, suggesting a gravel bed context or source, such as those known from Cassington, Oxon. The Devensian period at Cassington is well attested from evidence gained during gravel extractions. The period here dates from c.75,000BC to 35,000BC but this find is likely to have been redeposited from an earlier layer. The handaxe me…
Created on: Saturday 24th July 2010
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
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Record ID: BERK-2B1DB7
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Middle Palaeolithic Devensian cordiform handaxe from Cassington, Oxfordshire. The handaxe is bifacially retouched but does display some more modern weathering damage including fracturing and spooling. A grey-blue core is covered by a thick creamy-yellow patina. The handaxe measures 74.81mm long, 64.99mm wide and is 19.83mm thick. It measures 86.7gms. The Devensian period at Cassington is well attested from evidence gained during gravel extractions. The period here dates from c.75,000BC to 35,000BC.
Created on: Thursday 6th May 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 29th April 2014
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Record ID: BERK-2A4F53
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Published
A Lower (Acheulean) or Middle Palaeolithic handaxe dating from c.500,000 - 40,000 BC. This handaxe is similar to the Mode 2 Type F pointed handaxe (after Wymer 1999, Butler 2005) with a rounded point and trimmed butt. The handaxe is bifacial and has had all the cortex removed. It is very heavily patinated to a yellow-brown over a lighter brown/grey core. All ridges and removals are worn smooth probably due to water and glacial action. The butt displays possible post-depostitional frost fractures. This is a very nice example of a palaeolithic handaxe. It measures 145.97mm long, 74.35mm…
Created on: Wednesday 12th August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 8th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sea Palling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-7F2EB6
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Lower Palaeolothic handaxe made from a red-orange quartzite pebble with some retention of the outer cortex at the proximal end. Large bifacial flake removals evident, with smaller flaked removals at the distal end, but no further retouching is evident. The handaxe is 99.54mm in length, 70.56mm in width and 30.45mm thick. It weighs 262.8 gms and dates to the Lower Palaeolithic period, between 500,000 - 180,000 BC. Previously, no Lower Palaeolithic finds have been recorded in Leafield Parish - most sites of this period are identified on or close to waterways - Leafield village is betw…
Created on: Thursday 4th December 2008
Last updated: Monday 20th March 2017
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Record ID: BERK-B68348
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A Palaeolithic quartzite object, probably a very rolled and weathered handaxe (500,000-180,000 BC). Any flake removal scars have now been obscured and there is some modern damage. Dimensions: length: 121.65mm; width: 75.21mm; thickness: 32.64mm; weight: 296.09g.
Created on: Monday 18th July 2005
Last updated: Friday 9th May 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hinton Waldrist', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-2B3542
Object type: HANDAXE
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Upper Palaeolithic small flint handaxe of Wymer Type E, from the Devensian Glacial Stage. The handaxe is bifacially worked and has an opaque white patina covering the majority of its surface. Length: 53.44mm, width at widest point: 38.12mm, thickness at thickest point: 14.77mm, weight: 30.68g.
Created on: Thursday 25th March 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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