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Find Spot record MDR3824 - Axe, 420m south-west of Oddo House Farm, Elton

Type and Period (1)

  • (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

SK 21446005. A chert axe measuring 111mm in length, 61mm in width and 32½mm thick was picked up next to the footpath over Elton Common in February 1978. The raw material may have come from the Lincolnshire Wolds. (1).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Article in serial: Collis, J. 1980. 'Three polished stone implements from Derbyshire', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 100, pp 12-14, figs..

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Location

Grid reference SK 2144 6055 (point) (Centre)
Civil Parish ELTON, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Sep 14 2007 9:42AM

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