Palaeolithic handaxes found near Bramcote.
Description of this historic site
Findspot - several Palaeolithic handaxes were found in an area 300m south east of Bramcote Hospital.
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Notes about this historic site
1 26 axes found during field work. These included 15 flint, 6 quartz, and 5 possible examples. Flint chipping tools were also noted.
2 Plan.
3 A collection of Palaeolithic quartzite artefacts from Bramcote Hill acquired by Warwick Museum.
4 List
5 Four Palaeolithic quartzite artefacts from Burton Hastings acquired by Warwick Museum.
6 List of flints found at this location.
7 Surface finds of 20 handaxes of flint and quartzite and 50 flakes.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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