Massive Stone Age 'Happisburgh Type' Knapped Flint Handaxe

LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-150,000 B.P.

6 in. (1 kg, 15.3 cm).

Reputedly one of the largest recorded Happisburgh-type handaxes ever found, a serious collector's piece from the site of the oldest known stone tools in the UK and North West Europe; a proto-handaxe of Wymer's Type C with a large amount of cortex in situ, tip crudely shaped with minimal removal. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Walcott, near Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK, by John Craven in 2018.

Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-6A4F0A.

Literature

See Wymer, J.J., The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain, Salisbury, 1999.

CONDITION

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LOT 0335