An Acheulian handaxe was found in the mud of a former river bed, at the Attenborough gravel pit. (1)
Held at NCM, accession no. NCM 1965-1. (2)
The find is held in private collection (4)
Many finds from gravel pits - see SMR map.

<1> EMAB eds, 1963, East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin, p 13 (Published document). SNT157.

<2> TPAT, 2014, A&E Heritage Rescue: Community Research Project at the Attenborough Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire, p 30 (Published document). SNT4700.

<3> Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.

<4> Wessex Archæology and Historic England, 1997, The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project, Report no. 3, 1996-1997: [Regions 8 and 11] East Anglian rivers and the Trent drainage, p.142 (Published document). SNT6238.