A Lower Palaeolithic flint handaxe from Barnham in Suffolk
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Code: 2316
Description: A grey flint cordate handaxe with an attractive glossy mottled dark brown patina, some inoffensive wear, a chip to the tip exposing the colour of the flint, and a possible larger retouched chip near the tip, but a nice example. A layer of cortex forming the sharply inclined butt, found at Barnham in Suffolk (marked Norfolk on implement).
Size: 110 mm/4.3 ins. in length
Culture: Lower Palaeolithic
Date: c. 400,000 years B.P.
Provenance: From a southern English private collection.
Notes: Roe (1968) records over 230 handaxes from Barnham but notes ‘material, probably a considerable amount, is known to have passed into private collections’.
References: Roe, D.A. (1968) A Gazetteer of British Lower & Middle Palaeolithic Sites, CBA Research Report 8, Council for British Archaeology, p. 262.
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