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Lower Palaeolithic stone handaxe
Pointed handaxe made on a pebble of Feldspar-phyric lava. The pebble has a rounded pebble surface on the back and the other face is very heavily flaked.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
81.5H/1.D639
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, St Asaph
Grid Reference: SJ 0155 7106
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1980
Acquisition
Donation, 19/1/1981
Measurements
length / mm:117.1
width / mm:63.2
thickness / mm:43.7
weight / g:349.9
Material
feldspar-phyric lava
Location
In store
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