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LOT 1661
British Stone Age Knapped and Polished Flint Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6,000 B.P.
4 1/2 in. (78 grams, 11.4 cm).
With a gently curving blade and square butt, old inked collector's note ' Lizard Walk, Wymondham, Norfolk' on one side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Lizard Walk, Wymondham, Norfolk, UK.
From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
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