NHER 24145 (Find Spot record) - Palaeolithic handaxe

1987. Stray Find.
Found by [1] on surface of field:
1 Palaeolithic flint handaxe. Thick-butted cordate, 12cm long with a little removed from the tip by ancient and recent breaks. Flaked all over, no cortex remaining. Scratched and with crushed edges as if from solifluction deposit. Stained and patinated but recent break exposes good quality black flint.
See drawing (S1).
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU) October 1987. Information from (S2).
This discovery was first reported in (S3). The handaxe is also noted on (S4) and in (S5) and (S6), although no additional information is given.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 09 April 2013.

Part of large scatter NHER 29631.