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Find Spot record MDR417 - Ringstones, Stone Axe

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  • (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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SK 006 896: Ringstone, Stone Axe: In 1901 it was reported that a fine stone axe had been found - with a large stone chair (cross base: SMR 10702) - in cutting a trench on Abner Froggat's Farm, Ringstones, Rowarth. No surviving evidence. (1-2) There is no local information regarding the axe. (2)

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  • <1> Article in serial: 1901. The Scottish Antiquary, 1901, vol.16,. Volume 16. p 90..
  • <2> Personal Observation: F1 JB 20-AUG-65.
  • <3> Index: OS. SK 08 NW 1. SK 08 NW 1.
  • <4> Index: NDAT. NDAT: 1595.. 1595.

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Grid reference Centred SK 006 896 (100m by 100m) (Approximate)
Civil Parish NEW MILLS, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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Jun 19 2009 10:28AM

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