Find Spot record 0508400000 - 12 NORTOFT ROAD

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxe found in a garden on Nortoft Road

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  • FINDSPOT (Undated)

Description

Dimensions - Depth/Thickness 0025 Length 0075 mm Width 0044
SMALL PEAR-SHAPED HANDAXE (WYMER TYPE E). ALL-OVER PATINA. HEAVY STEP FLAKING ALONG 1 SIDE. HEAVY FLAKING OR WEAR ON BUTT END. POINT POSSIBLY BROKEN OFF. DRAWING ON CAS CARD 5084. FOUND BY MR W WOOD IN DIGGING FISHPOND IN GARDEN IN CHALFONT ST PETER (B1). DRAWING (B2).

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Location

Grid reference TQ 00750 91950 (point)
Civil Parish CHALFONT ST. PETER, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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  • HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

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  • Event - Intervention: (EBC13154)

Record last edited

Mar 13 1985 12:00AM

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