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Find Spot record MDR211 - Stone Axe, Dove Holes, Chapel-en-le-Frith

Type and Period (1)

  • (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

SK 07 77: Dove Holes, Stone Axe: A polished greywacke stone axe found in or before 1974 from Dove Holes, of probable Neolithic date, has been subjected to petrological analysis. It is held at Manchester Museum. (1,2). The point has been removed from the map as the location of the findspot is unknown. (3).

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Article in serial: Moore, C N and Cummins, W A. 1974. 'Petrological Identification of Stone Implements from Derbyshire and Leicestershire', Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Volume 40, pp 59-78. p 69.
  • <2> Index: NDAT. 0611.
  • <3> Personal Observation: Thornton, A. Personal observation, map evidence, field visit etc..

Map

Location

Grid reference SK 07 77 (point) (Approximate)
Civil Parish CHAPEL EN LE FRITH, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Nov 12 2019 3:11PM

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