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Flint axe found on Orkney shore predates the Ice Age
"A flint axe, recovered on a stretch of shore in St Ola, looks like being the oldest man-made artefact found in Orkney to date.
Dating from the Palaeolithic period of prehistory, the axe could therefore be anything between 100,000 and 450,000 years old."
Full story:
http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/2011/05/26/flint-axe-found-on-orkney-shore-predates-the-ice-age/
Posted by
goffik
26th May 2011ce
Comments (2)
if there really is no context for this, then storms could have ripped it from Doggerland and swept it onto this St Ola shore - unless from Bay o Scapa that is
Posted by
wideford
26th May 2011ce
What a beautiful object!
Posted by
summerlands
27th May 2011ce
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