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LOT 1131
Stone Age Twydall Flint Hand Tool
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
4 3/8 in. (365 grams, 11 cm).
Side-scraper with much cortex remaining; with old inked legend '8 SN1049.C / TWYDALL'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Twydall, Kent, UK.
Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915.
Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections.
Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis.
Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
The Twydall finds are discussed in F.R. Beresford Palaeolithic Material From Lower Twydall Chalk Pit In Kent: The Cook And Killick Collection in Lithics Vol.39, 2021.
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Stone Age Twydall Flint Hand Tool
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Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall. -
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Stone Age Twydall Flint Hand Tool
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Scraper formed on a narrow flake of triangular section; with old inked legend 'I. 1353 / TWYDALL'. 51 grams, 80 mm
Found Twydall, Kent, UK. Richard Jones collection, Welling, Kent, UK, 1912-1915. Ex Rochester Museum, Kent collections. Specialist collection of J Edwin Jarvis. Ex Martin Schoyen collection, London, UK. Accompanied by a copy of an article on the site at Twydall.
