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Find Spot record MDR3023 - Stone axes, Elton

Type and Period (1)

  • (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

Two Neolithic stone axes, one identified as from group VII, the other from group VI medium, found in Elton in or before 1976. They were in Heathecote museum, but were transferred to Sheffield City Museum. (1-3).

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Index: NDAT. 0867. 0867.
  • <2> Index: North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust (NDAT). North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust Index. 0870.
  • <3> 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.

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Location

Grid reference SK 20 59 (point) (Approximate)
Civil Parish ELTON, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Sep 26 2017 4:59PM

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