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Find Spot record MDR3783 - Axe hammer, Birchover Moor

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  • (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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A Neolithic axe-hammer found on Birchover Moor in December, 1848. Petrologically it is grey wacke and is 7.5" in length. (1).

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  • <1> Bibliographic reference: Howarth, E. 1899. Catalogue of the Bateman Collection of Antiquities in the Sheffield Public Museum. p3.

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Civil Parish BIRCHOVER, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Sep 5 2007 2:08PM

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