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LOT 1943
Stone Age Knapped Flint Hand Axe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 250,000-150,000 B.P.
4 3/4 in. (215 grams, 12.2 cm).
Cordate in profile with extensive cortex and lichen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Hampstead, London, UK.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Very Large British Museum Recorded Palaeolithic Handaxe from the Happisburgh Area
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Handaxe of Wymer's type D, slightly buff patinated rolled flint. 773 grams, 16.1 cm
Found by Mr P. Macro in the Parish of Walcott (via GPS location), which is directly next to the Parish of Happisburgh, where this stretch of beach adjoins. The discovery was made in 2019 after the ‘Beast from the East’ storm, which stripped the beach of the sand and helped to erode the Palaeolithic artefacts from the ancient Thames river bed. During the time the artefacts were dropped, the Thames ran through North Norfolk and what is now Happisburgh before it was pushed down to its current position in London via the Ice Age glacial melts. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-8D526A.
The site of Happisburgh in Norfolk has helped to push the history of inhabitation of the British Isles back by 200,000, making it a site of special importance.
