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Find Spot record MDR4619 - Neolithic Axe, south of Alvaston, Derby

Type and Period (1)

  • (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

A polished stone axe found south of Alvaston when digging a sewer in 1902. In Derby Museum - 819.4.21, from the Pullen collection. (1-2) No further information. (3)

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Article in serial: Posnansky, M. 1956. 'The Bronze Age Round Barrow at Swarkeston, Part II', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Vol 76. p26.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: Letter (R. Hughes, Derby Mus. 6.5.64).
  • <3> Personal Observation: F1 JB 17-OCT-66.
  • <4> Article in serial: Moore, C N and Cummins, W A. 1974. 'Petrological Identification of Stone Implements from Derbyshire and Leicestershire', Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Volume 40, pp 59-78. p70.

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Civil Parish DERBY, DERBY, DERBYSHIRE

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  • EDR1197

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Record last edited

Nov 12 2003 3:07PM

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