Element record L959 - Neolithic axehead, Holme Pierrepont

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FINDSPOT (Neolithic)

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Grid reference SK 62800 39599 (point)
Map sheet SK63NW
District Rushcliffe
Civil Parish Holme Pierrepont, Rushcliffe

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An unpolished and unused Group VII Graig Lwyd axe, almost 27cm long, was found in a conveyor belt in Hoveringham Gravels Nottingham Quarry, --/07/1967. Found by Mr S Daft of Westminster College who presented it to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. (1)


<1> Thoroton Society, 1978, TTS, pp 66-8 (Published document). SNT391.

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  • <1> Published document: Thoroton Society. 1978. TTS. 82. pp 66-8.

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Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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