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LOT 1456
Stone Age 'Cissbury Ring' Knapped Flint Oval Axehead
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3 3/4 in. (203 grams, 97 mm).
Substantial cordiform handaxe with remains of the cortex.
ProvenanceFound near Cissbury Ring Iron Age Hill Fort, near Worthing, West Sussex, UK, in the 1960s.
Ex Ron Kerridge collection, West Sussex, UK.
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