Stone hand-axe fragment

Collection type: Object
Description: Stone hand-axe fragment
Long description: Hand-axe fragment of flint with light yellowish grey and light grey patina covering all surfaces. Ground surfaces. [CG [Excav. PR] 30/04/2013]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England East Sussex Lewes Blackcap
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt-Rivers; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Neolithic
Date collected: 1878 July
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Ground, Process Polished
Dimensions: Thick: max 26 mm, Width: max 67 mm, Length: max 93 mm, Weight 229 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.125.309 Other numbers: 22 PR no.: 89 / 8386
Research and responses: See http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-global/w-localtoyou/w-south_east/w-south_east-countryside/w-south_east-places-east_sussex/w-south_east-places-east_sussex-countryside.htm: Blackcap: This stunning hilltop area has been a home to man for thousands of years. On top of the hill are burial mounds dating back to the Bronze and Saxon ages. It is reputed that Simon de Montfort marched his army along this way in 1264 to fight King Henry III's men in the Battle of Lewes. A group of large ash trees and a dew pond are believed to mark a medieval boundary. [AP 29/08/2006]

Search terms: Tool, Weapon, Axe, Hand-axe

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