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Find Spot record MDR4509 - Early Bronze Age quartzite hammer, Breadsall

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  • (Early Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 1501 BC)

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SK 3639? A fine Early Bronze Age quartzite hammer with cylindrical hole, found at Breadsall. It was purchased in 1920 by the Derby Museum and is now part of the Pullen Collection (Acc. 819-5-21). (1, 2) On exhibition in Derby Museum (note: Posnansky gives an incorrect Accession Number. The number quoted above is correct). (3)

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  • <1> Unpublished document: Letter (Derby Museum, R.G. Hughes) 23.3.64.
  • <2> Article in serial: Posnansky, M. 1956. 'The Bronze Age Round Barrow at Swarkeston, Part II', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Vol 76. p 26.
  • <3> Personal Observation: F1 FDC 12-JAN-67.

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Civil Parish BREADSALL, EREWASH, DERBYSHIRE

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Nov 25 2009 12:36PM

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