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Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe
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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Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
87.89H
Find Information
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.)
Acquisition
donation, 29/10/1987
Measurements
length / mm:89.5
width / mm:57.1
thickness / mm:35.7
weight / g:141.4
Material
Flint
Location
St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Knapping/Making Stone Axes
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