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Ammonite from a flintstone, found on Walton Common, 1829
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Ammonite from a flintstone, found on Walton Common, 1829
Museum number: L124
Not on display
Fossilised marine mollusc. The name "ammonite" was inspired by the spiral shape of their fossilized shells, resembling the tightly coiled rams' horns of the ancient Egyptian God Ammon. There is a link with architecture in that this form is also associated with the volutes of the capital of the ionic order.
A49, displayed on same board
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