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HHER Number:17400
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:PALAEOLITHIC HANDAXE, THE WILLOWS, SUNNYSIDE, HITCHIN

Summary

Complete handaxe in good condition

Grid Reference:TL 194 281
Map Sheet:TL12NE
Parish:St. Ippolyts, North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire
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Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 400000 BC to 8501 BC)

Associated Finds

  • HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 400000 BC to 8501 BC)

Full description

A flint handaxe, complete and in fresh unabraded condition, found some years ago 10m from the Ippollitts Brook, in the garden of one of four houses on the east side of The Willows.
The findspot is 300m east of Jeeves's brickfield, where others [279] have been found.


Information from John Catt, 12 May 2011 (Unpublished document). SHT1450.

Sources and further reading

---Unpublished document: Information from John Catt. 12 May 2011.