But as soon as the archaeologist saw the photo, he knew Witten’s “interesting stone” was the real deal. “Neanderthal hand axes are rare in Sussex,” Sainsbury tells Fox News Digital’s ...

High polish of conical end indicates that may have been used as hand axe - no wear indicating binding or gripping by insertion in handle. Local stone is granite - appears to be made of granite.

Lucy Harnden brought this polished stone axe head to BBC Guernsey's outside broadcast event at the Guernsey Museum. It was found by her great grandmother Eliza Henry about a hundred years ago in ...