Element record L1846 - Palaeolithic hand axe, Gunthorpe

Summary

FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic)

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Grid reference SK 68799 43799 (point)
Map sheet SK64SE
District Newark
Civil Parish Gunthorpe, Newark

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Full Description

A small rolled, but unbroken hand axe, 3.5in long and deeply patinated brown and white, was found on a heap of freshly dredged gravel alongside Gunthorpe Lock in June, 1950. In the finder's possession. (1)


<1> EMAB eds, 1974, East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin, p 41 (Published document). SNT161.

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  • <1> Published document: EMAB eds. 1974. East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin. 10. p 41.

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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