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Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales
Flint handaxe wiht a thick mid-section tapering to a cortical butt. A point at the other end. Some recent damage to the tip shows it is made on black flint with a heavy white patina.
Flint handaxe found in Blaenavon, south-east Wales. This flint tool was used for butchery about 300,000 years ago.
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Site Name: Blaenavon, Torfaen County Borough
Notes: found on waste ground adjacent to rubbish dump at above iron-works. (The find may possibly have been introduced to the locality in recent times.)
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