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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Handaxe with pebble cortex on some side. Pointed in form but assymetrcal in shape.
Stone handaxes were used by the Neanderthals in Pontnewydd Cave to butcher animals for joints of meat.
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Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, St Asaph
Notes: World War II dump
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