ALT A man in a stripey blue polo shirt standing on a beach. In the background to the right of the picture are cliffs. To the left of the picture are boulders and broken wooden sea defences. A banner across the picture reads "Professor Nicholas Ashton. British Museum. BBC News."

ALT A gloved hand holding a humanly worked piece of flint on a background of beach sand. An example of a Palaeolithic artefact found on the beach after completion of the Sandscaping project at Walcott. This is a Levallois flake (dorsal view) and is stained and rolled, it also shows recent edge damage, most likely as a result of the dredging and beach replenishment process. (Photo: Simon Lewis)

ALT Dale (2022) Figure 7.10. Examples of the often large and spectacular ficrons illustrated in published literature. (See e-thesis for full description.)

ALT Five people excavating at Beeches Pit. The two people in the foreground of the image are standing in the cutting with their backs to the camera. The other three figures are kneeling in the excavation area. In the background is the edge of the old pit with tree trunks and greenery.

ALT The photo shows four people working in the excavation trench at Beeches Pit. All the excavators at in crouched or kneeling position and one figure, on the right of the photo, is partially hidden behind another person. In the background are tree trunks and greenery.

ALT A selfie of a person wearing an orange hat and a blue duffle coat, over a blue gilet and orange neck warmer. In the background is a Total Station and trees and other greenery of Beeches Pit.

ALT A close-up of a pair of hands holding a newly excavated Lower Palaeolithic flint flake found at Beeches Pit.