Find Spot record MLI70160 - Palaeolithic Handaxe, Flaxengate, Lincoln

Summary

Palaeolithic handaxe, found at Flaxengate, Lincoln.

Type and Period (1)

  • (Lower Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 150001 BC)

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Full Description

Late Middle Acheulian ovate handaxe, from an unspecified medieval rubbish pit, at Flaxengate. An almost identical example comes from Huntow, Humberside. {1}{2}{3}

Sources/Archives (3)

  •  Unpublished Document: COPPACK G. 1948. PARISH FILE. LINCOLN:FLAXENGATE. Pre-Roman Finds.
  •  Artefact: City and County Museum Collection. LM 7.45.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Roe, Derek A.. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites. Lincoln, p.190.

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Location

Grid reference SK 9773 7147 (point) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish ABBEY, LINCOLN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Apr 17 2021 2:45PM

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