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Find Spot record MDR4920 - Perforated stone axe, east of Alderwasley Ironworks, Alderwasley

Type and Period (1)

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

Protected Status/Designation

  • World Heritage Site Buffer Zone

Full Description

Area SK 337 522. Perforated stone axe found about 1876 in the valley immediately below 'The Bat House' when laying pipes to convey water to Messrs. Johnson's Wire Works. (1)

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Article in serial: Ward, J. 1899. '"The Bat House" near Ambergate, Derbyshire', The Reliquary & Illustrated Archaeologist. Vol. 5, pp 73-79, illust.. p79, photo.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 337 522 (100m by 100m) (Centre)
Civil Parish ALDERWASLEY, AMBER VALLEY, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Nov 20 2017 12:10PM

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