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SK 123 875: Nether Tor, Beads: About forty amber beads were found under a large flat stone near the top of Nether Tor, near Grimesbrook-in-Edale in April, 1778. "They were of various colours and sizes - green, blue, others striped and variegated; some were so very large that one might have put one's thumb into the hole." Most of them were sent to Cambridge. (1-2)

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  • <1b> Bibliographic reference: Bateman, T. 1861. Ten Years' Diggings in Celtic and Saxon Grave Hills. p250.
  • <1a> Unpublished document: Wilson.
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  • <3> Index: NDAT. 0827. 0827.

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Grid reference Centred SK 123 875 (100m by 100m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish EDALE, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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Feb 4 2015 10:14AM

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