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Middle Palaeolithic stone bout coupé handaxe
Coygan type (bout coupé) or triangular handaxe. Made on a large flake. Extensively flaked over both faces with many of the scars rolled and weathered. Some damage to the butt where two chips have gone from the edge and a single chip along one edge.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
73.18H/1
Find Information
Site Name: Coygan Cave, Laugharne
Grid Reference: SN 284 092
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1963
Notes: Excavated on behalf of the Department of the Environment.
Acquisition
donation, 3/7/1973
Measurements
length / mm:153.2
width / mm:94.0
thickness / mm:26.5
weight / g:403.4
Material
Rhyolite
Rhyolitic tuff
Location
Main Hall (National Museum Cardiff)
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