Prehistoric — Lower Palaeolithic; 300000BC-250000BC
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Unusually small dark yellow/brown (mottled) handaxe or biface with abraded edges. Pointed, stained and lustrous. Found at Boston Road gravel pit, Hanwell on 13th December 1912. Part of the Robert Garraway Rice collection.
biface
flint
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