Description Palaeolithic handaxe, found during gravel excavation in South Cerney, near Cirencester. This tool is more than a quarter of a million years old. This makes it the oldest object we have on display and one of the oldest in the entire collection. Object Name Handaxe Accession Number 1976/363 Category prehistory Site Location Cerney Wick, Gloucestershire Tags Palaeolithic, Prehistory, tool 3D view Palaeolithic Handaxe by Corinium Museum on Sketchfab View on SketchFab