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  • (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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  • None recorded

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Part of a polished stone axe of fine-grained volcanic rock found in or before 1936 at Tunstead in Great Rocks Dale. [Apparently in the I.C.I. Limestone quarries.]. (1). The I.C.I. quarries cover a vast area. Mr. Jackson has no further information. (2)

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  • <1> Article in serial: Jackson, J W. 1936. North Western Naturalist. Vol. 11. p 319.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: F1 FDC 03-MAR-66.

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Grid reference Centred SK 10 74 (1000m by 2000m) (Centred on)
Civil Parish WORMHILL, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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Aug 7 2017 3:08PM

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