Two Palaeolithic flint hand-axes were found in a gravel pit here in the early 1920s. One is in Abingdon Museum.
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North Avenue hand-axe
A Palaeolithic flint hand-axe, over 100,000 years old, was found by a householder while digging foundations for an extension.
It is one of the oldest artefacts found in Abingdon. It was left behind by an early species of humans, who lived by hunting and gathering.