Accession No
1971.57
Description
Axe; Cleaver; Cast - Cast of flint axe or cleaver
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Manea; Welches Dam
Period
Palaeolithic Acheulean
Source
Stone.D
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1971.57
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint; Plaster
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (CMS Description)
Cast of flint axe or cleaver
Event Date 19/8/1986
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
The card has the following entry: " Original axe with Mr. Stone, Chatteris, Cambs. Found while digging potatoes. Field is peat, but gravel outcrop 1 mile away (Langwood/Honeyhill Ridge)." Found: Blunt's Farm: field; Collected by: Stone.D; 453866
Event Date 19/8/1986
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Stone, Douglas. 1979. Our Fenland Heritage. Chatteris: the author. Plate numbered.
Event Date 2/4/2014
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (CMS Context)
Original cleaver held by the Chatteris Museum, accession number 1964.5.
Event Date 2/4/2014
Author: Imogen Gunn
FM:10189
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