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Figure 8: Group VI: Lake District axe head from Rose Villa, Holme-on-Spalding Moor. Class B2a. L.10.2 cm, 5.9 cm across the cutting edge. A re-worked butt of a large 'Cumbrian' type; the widest part was turned into a new cutting edge ground at acute angles. Subsequently a large flake was taken off one face and small flakes and chipping off the other (Manby forthcoming).