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LOT 1584
British Stone Age Discordial Flint Core from Farnham
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
2 in. (55 grams, 49 mm).
Biconvex in section with broad cutting edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Farnham, Kent, in 1901.
From the collection of Captain Streatfield who helped to fund the archaeology excavations at Farnham, Kent.
After Captain Streatfield passed away in the 1940s, his collection was sold at auction.
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