Ploughed field, surface: freshly broken stone axehead, ground, but unpolished. (1)

Scratta Wood. Fragments of 2 Neo stone axeheads of Petrological groups 6 (banded) and 7 (Nos 413,415, NT 68,70). (2)

Axes and parts of axes form the area number at present about a dozen. (3)

Mr. White has all these finds in his possession, most of the stone axes have been found in Nottinghamshire but he indicated the find site of one as approx. SK 5427 7926. (4)

Two Neolithic? stone axe fragments, assigned to Group VI (Great Langdale), have been found in Whitwell parish. One is described as fine in texture, the other as coarse. Now in Worksop Museum. (5)
See L4356 for axe find.
Much fieldwalking in this area - see SMR map.

Historic England, 2021, National Record of Historic Environment (Digital archive). SNT5271.

<1> EMAB eds, 1962, East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin, p 21 (Published document). SNT156.

<2> Cummins, WA and CN Moore, 1973, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, p 254 (Published document). SNT291.

<3> Seaman BH, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1252.

<4> J. Baird, 1965, Field Investigators Comment (OS) (Personal comment). SNT6469.

<5> Cummins WA and Moore CN, 1974, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, p.69 (Serial). SNT6471.