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Themes Homepage > Stone Age to the Romans > Stone-age axe from Greenham     Stone-age axe from Greenham       View larger image (Estimated download time 12 secs with a 56k modem) Brief Description: Palaeolithic axe Subject Date: Palaeolithic   Full Description: A Palaeolithic hand axe found in 1896 on Greenham Common, in the area later covered by the airfield. The find indicates that Greenham was populated in the Stone age some half a million years ago.   Collection: West Berkshire Museum Place: Newbury, Berkshire, Crookham Common Subject: object, domestic, axe Content Type: tool agricultural Location: West Berkshire Museum Local Ref: NEBYM:1989.134.2 Unique ID: wb-nm-1989_134_2-i-00-000.tif IPR: West Berkshire Council       Themes Homepage > Stone Age to the Romans > Stone-age axe from Greenham

 

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