Palaeolithic stone handaxe found in Middleton
Description of this historic site
Find spot - a Palaeolithic handaxe was found in the garden of a house in Church Lane, Middleton.
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Notes about this historic site
1 A stone Acheulian ovate handaxe was found c 1960 during digging in a back garden at Church Lane, Middleton. The axe was about 0.7mm below the surface and was found in red marl, not in the overlying gravel. Some animal bones were also found, but these were discarded.
2 Lower Palaeolithic date .
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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