This small pointed hand-axe comes from the Leyton area. It is
over 300,000 years old. One axe of many Thousands of these
ancient tools have been found across London. Many lay in the
riverbeds of the ancient Thames and its tributaries. This
particular hand-axe is made of a distinctive banded flint, which
may have had special value or significance to its maker or
owner. See the axe The hand-axe is currently on display in the
Museum of London's London before London gallery. The gallery
describes what London was like for thousands of years before the
Romans arrived. Museum number 49.107/308