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 A HISTORY OF NORFOLK portant finds. Celts of elongated form and partially ground to a smooth surface have been found at Stanford/ Dunham and Thorpe ; another form in which the cutting edge is expanding and the sides somewhat hollowed was found at Heckingham Common/ Celts ground entirely have been found at the following places : — Aylsham/ Barton Bendish* (celt now in the British Museum), Beachamwell/ Blofield," a locality'' near Great Yarmouth, Breckles,* Dull's Lane" near Loddon, Elsing,'" Hilgay Fen," Hunstanton,'^ Lopham Ford,'^ Narborough,'* Oxborough,'^ Pent- ney,** Swannington,"Thetford,''Trimingham,"' Westacre Hall,^° Weston," and Wereham.^^ Two of these celts, viz. those found at Thetford and Wereham, had been perforated. A perforated axe 8 inches long was found at Tasburgh." A celt well chipped but not ground was found at Thetford,^ and roughly chipped specimens were discovered at Little Dunham^^ and Norwich.^* One roughly made triangular celt of dark brown flint pro- cured near Thetford^' is of particular interest from the fact that it is of a form rare in England but common in Denmark, and may probably be considered therefore to point to communication between the continent of Europe and the inhabitants of Norfolk in the Neolithic age. Another triangular celt of porphyry found at Necton^ is now in the Norwich Museum. A thin, nearly flat adze was found at Thetford.^" A knife beautifully formed of flint was found on Corton Beach ^^ midway between Yarmouth and Lowestoft. Other miscellaneous antiquities of the Neolithic age found in Norfolk were a stone ball found at Cromer,^' a flake ground at the edges found at Thetford,^^ hammer-stones found at the following places : Caister, Congham,** Harleston, Hilgay Fen,'' Lyng," Narford,'^ Rockhill,'^ Sporle^ near Swafl^ham, and Yar- mouth*' ; a felstone celt retaining marks of the handle by which it was used was found at Pentney,*^ and a fine Neolithic Imple- chipped pick 6 inches in length was found at Feltwell.*' ' " ' Arrowheads shaped by careful and skilful chipping have been found in Norfolk as well as other of the eastern counties in some abundance, and they have in the present instance been put towards the end of the list of articles formed of flint because there is good reason Op. cit. p. 103 13 100 14 100 15 100 16 100 17 100 18 100 19 125 20 100 21 100 22 150 23 Op. cit. p. 107 24 100 25 100 26 103 27 no 28 142 29 100 30 102 31 90 32 142 33 200 Op. at. p. 75 70 34 35 Op. cit. p. 229 228 77 69 36 37 225 229 202 38 23» 92 356 39 40 223 229 353 291 41 42 229 151 229 43 17+ 266
 * Evans, /Incietit Stone Implements, ed. 2, p. 91.