An Unusual Implement of Neolithic form Found at Bawdsey, Suffolk

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The specimen to which this note refers was found by Mr. Stephen Notcutt, of Ipswich, who has kindly allowed me to illustrate, and to describe it. This important implement was lying among some largish stones upon the beach, exposed at low water, at the mouth of the River Deben, Bawdsey, Suffolk, and was derived, in all probability, from some ancient bed of gravel occurring higher up the valley.

It will be realised by an examination of the coloured illustration (Plate XII.), the publication of which has been made possible by certain generous donations to the Illustration Fund, that this specimen conforms to a well-known type of axe (the “Thames Pick”) of the Early Neolithic period, and. at the same time, exhibits a colouration such as, so far as my knowledge extends, has only been found, hitherto, in Suffolk associated with flint implements referable to the Lower Palæolithic-Chellean-phase.