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Stone-age axe from Crookham
 
   
Stone-age axe from Crookham
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Brief Description: Palaeolithic hand-axe
Subject Date: Palaeolithic
 
Full Description: A polished stone axe found at Crookham in 1896 is evidence that Greenham was inhabited in the Stone Age.
 
Collection: West Berkshire Museum
Place: Newbury, Berkshire, Greenham Common
Subject: object, agricultural, axe
Content Type: tool agricultural
Location: West Berkshire Museum
Local Ref: NEBYM:oa368
Unique ID: wb-nm-oa368-i-00-000.tif
 
 
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