Findspot - Neolithic Stone Axe

Description of this historic site

Find spot - a Neolithic stone axe. The exact location of the find spot is unknown, but it may have come from the area of Long Compton.

Notes about this historic site

1 A ground flint celt, smoothed all over. Illustration by Bloxam.
2 This is the same axe that is said elswhere to have been found at Barton-on-the Heath (WA 3809).
3 Bloxam’s illustration (ref 1) is of the same axe as Wark Mus A1499. The evidence suggests the axe was found in Barton-on-the-Heath, not Long Compton.

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