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Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe
Handaxe made on a cobble pebble. With a thick butt and damaged and missing point. The flint is stained orange.
Flint handaxe found in Coedeva, Cwmbran. This flint tool was used for butchery about 300,000 years ago.
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Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2006.33H
Find Information
Site Name: Coedeva, Cwmbran
Collection Method: surface find
Date: 2003
Notes: Found on the surface on the site of an old watermill. Found on disturbed ground due to construction of new houses.
Acquisition
donation, 7/8/2006
Measurements
length / mm:109.8
width / mm:76.2
thickness / mm:49.6
weight / g:414.5
Material
Flint
Location
St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Knapping/Making Stone Axes
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