Find Spot record 99/0/1 - Unstratified Neolithic axe

A Neolithic ground and polished flint axe was found on 1st November 1969 in a ploughed field "at the top of the (Iyvedon) Valley near Brigstock" by R Walker, then a schoolboy at Kettering Grammar School. The axe is in the Westfield Museum, Kettering.

{2} Ground and polished axe (stone or flint not stated) found on Saturday November 1 1969 in a recently ploughed field'at the top of the (lyvedon) Valley near Brigstock', by Roger Walker, a schoolboy of Kettering Grammer school.

{4} This is a chipped and polished Neolithic flint axe.

{5} Mr Steane (headmaster of the Grammer School) indicated the site of this find at SP 96128581. The axe is in the Westfield Museum Kettering.

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1950s/1960s, Ordnance Survey Record Cards, SP98NE22 (unchecked) (Index). SNN443.

<2> 1969, EVENING TELEGRAPH, 4 NOV/9 (Journal). SNN36952.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1982, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.186 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77382.

<4> Brown, A.E. (Ed.), 1971, Archaeology in Northamptonshire, 1970 (Prehistoric), p. 1 (Article). SNN55279.

<5> Colquhoun, FD, 1969, Field investigators comments, F1 FDC 24-NOV-69 (Notes). SNN112950.

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