Find Spot record 8410/0/1 - Unstratified prehistoric find

Neolithic axe found in 1941

{1} Find "from a gravel pit at Heyford"

{2} A partly polished stone axe was found in 1941 in a gravel pit in the parish (in Daventry School Museum).

{3} (SP 66615841). A dark-grey, semi-polished stone axe was found about here by Mr Carrington in 1941. It was lent by him to Daventry School, where it is on show in the school museum.

{4} Mr Carrington is not known locally and could not be traced. The axe is on show in Daventry Sec Mod School Museum labelled " ... from a gravel pit at Heyford, Northants. Lent by P Carrington 1941".

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP65NE4 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.88 (checked) (Series). SNN77382.

<3> Annotated Record Map, Corr 6" 1949 (R W Brown) Inf J M Morris (Map). SNN112961.

<4> Baird, J., 1970, Field investigators comments, F1 JB 22-JAN-70 (Notes). SNN110341.

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Feb 21 2023 2:39PM