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Lower Palaeolithic stone handaxe
A small handaxe made of quartz. The tool has one flat surface and the other is heavily shaped. The tool is very irregular in shape, owing to the fracturing properties of quartz. It clearly has a point at one end and is of lenticular form.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
88.166H/2.H507
Find Information
Site Name: Pontnewydd Cave, St Asaph
Grid Reference: SJ 0155 7106
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1988
Notes: Layer 24; Grid square AA 994 SW
Acquisition
Donation, 22/11/1988
Measurements
length / mm:78.2
width / mm:44.3
thickness / mm:30.2
weight / g:94.3
Material
quartz
Location
In store
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