Palaeolithic Stone Axe 400,000-200,000 BC

Palaeolithic Stone Axe 400,000-200,000 BC

A Palaeolithic bifacial artefact; this is an uncommon artefact, probably of Middle Acheulian date, made sometime between 400,000-200,000 BC. Technically it is a bifacially flaked artefact. Originally it may have been a hand axe that was subsequently modified into a side scraper with a concave edge. It is stained all over a terracotta brown colour and there is a small cluster of barnacles at the base.

Found circa 2003 , recorded on the PAS database (ESS-C29B11) here Record ID: ESS-C29B11 – PALAEOLITHIC lithic implement

109.25g; 93x51mm