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Find Spot record MDR5230 - Polished flint axe, Coal Aston, Dronfield

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  • (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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SK 359793. A polished flint axe, patinated white, was found between Coal Aston and Dronfield in about 1965 by Mr G Beresford. Length 13.5 cms; width across butt 3.8 cms; width across blade 6.3 cms. In Sheffield Museum. (1-3)

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  • <1> Article in serial: Preston, F (East Midlands Committee of Field Archaeologists). 1977. East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin, 1977. Volume 11, No. 3.
  • <2> Index: NDAT. 0780. 0780.
  • <3> Index: Preston, F L. 1956. Hunter Archaeological Society Index.

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Grid reference Centred SK 359 793 (100m by 100m) (Centre)
Civil Parish DRONFIELD, NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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May 7 2015 4:15PM

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