A small Lower Palaeolithic flint triangular handaxe

A small Lower Palaeolithic flint triangular handaxe

Code: 2625

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Description: A small mottled grey flint triangular handaxe with areas of cortex remaining on one side and some minor wear, but a nice example with straight cutting edges. An attached paper label gives the find locality as Swanscombe, Kent.

Size: 77 mm/3 ins. in length

Culture: Lower Palaeolithic

Date: c. 350,000-400,000 years B.P.

Provenance: Ex West Sussex private collection.

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