English: A Lower Palaeolothic handaxe made from a red-orange quartzite pebble with some retention of the outer cortex at the proximal end. Large bifacial flake removals evident, with smaller flaked removals at the distal end, but no further retouching is evident. The handaxe is 99.54mm in length, 70.56mm in width and 30.45mm thick. It weighs 262.8 gms and dates to the Lower Palaeolithic period, between 500,000 - 180,000 BC. Previously, no Lower Palaeolithic finds have been recorded in Leafield Parish - most sites of this period are located on or close to waterways - Leafield village is between the River Evenlode to the north and the River Windrush to the south. Although the course of these rivers have undoubtably changed in last few hundred-thousand years, the chance find of this handaxe is probably more likely to represent a casual loss rather than being an indication of a site.