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 A HISTORY OF SUFFOLK addition to that museum is a perforated celt from Lakenheath Fen. This is also a locality for pigmy flint implements [Trans. Norf. and Norw. Nat. Soc. viii, 32]. Sir J. Evans {Stone Imp. 550] records the finding of a palaeolithic implement on the surface of the ground at Cardwell in this parish. Lavenham. — Palaeolithic flakes associated with a tusk of Hippopotamus major and a molar of Rhino- certs leptorhinus [Geo/, of the Neighbourhood of Stowmarket, 1 7]. Neolithic chipped axe. Leavenheath. — Neolithic polished axe. Leiston. — Neolithic scrapers and flakes. Levington. — Neolithic scrapers, knives, &c., of delicate workmanship. LiNDSEY. — A very fine neolithic axe was found here in 1889. It was embedded in a wall about 200 years old, into which it had been built with other flints [Proc. Suff". Inst. Arch, xi {2)]. This axe is 11^ in. in length and weighs 3^ lb. LiNSTEAD Parva. — Two stone axes were found in a garden here in 1867. LivERMERE. — Neolithic polished greenstone celt [Evans, Stone Imp. 116]. LouND. — Several polished and unpolished neolithic axes have been found here in the course of excavations in connexion with the Lowestoft Waterworks. They were met with on the bank of an arm of Fritton Lake, under a peaty deposit resting on what appeared to be an old sandy shore of the lake [Proc. Suff. Inst. Arch. (2) ; PFaveney Valley in the Stone Age,2l-2 i Longe, Lowestoft in Olden Times]. These axes, which were accompanied by a grinding or polishing stone, are preserved in the oflSces of the Gas and Water Company at Lowestoft. Other neolithic implements, including scrapers, choppers, borers, &c., have been found in this parish, and recently another well-chipped axe has been discovered. Lowestoft. — Palaeolithic implements [Antiq. Feb. igo8, pp. 60-4]. Leaf-shaped arrow-heads [Waveney Valley in the Stone Age, 35]. Neolithic ground flint axe [ibid. 36]. A large number of finely-chipped neolithic implements have been found near the shores of Lake Lothing, while in the fields around Lowestoft implements of ruder workmanship are numerous. Market Weston. — Neolithic polished flint celt [Evans, Stone Imp. 100]. Martlesham. — Neolithic ground-edged celt [Evans, Stone Imp. 89]. In a field here, known as Bloodfield, several axes and arrow-heads have been found. Several private collections contain axes and arrow-heads picked up in this parish, among them being a small greenstone celt found on a stone heap. Melford, Long. — Palaeolithic implements [Evans, Stone Imp. 578 ; Proc. Norw. Geol. Soc. i, 164]. Other implements, associated with remains of Elephas primigenius, have been found by Dr. J. S. Holden. Palaeolithic implements found here are in the Norwich Museum and the collection of Mr. F. J. Bennett. Neolithic implements also occur. Melton. — Neolithic partly polished flint pick [Evans, Stone Imp. 174]. Delicately worked neo- lithic implements have been found here, including a partly ground arrow-head. Mendlesham. — Neolithic implements in Ipswich Museum. Mettingham. — Neolithic implements of rude workmanship are plentiful in some of the fields. MiLDENHALL. — Palaeolithic implements [Evans, Stone Imp. 548-50, 643, 685 ; Geol. of Cambs. and ^"jff^- 55-7* 74» 81, 84 ; Phil. Trans, cliv, 253 ; Brit. Mus. Guide to the Stone Age, 9, 13, 27, 28 ; Brit. Assoc. Rep. 1 879 ; Miller and Skertchley, Fenland, 548 ; Proc. Norw. Geol. Soc. i, 163 ; Neolithic Man in N.E. Surr. 14]. A most interesting palaeolithic locality in this parish is High or Warren Lodge, where a brick-earth occurs, containing implements of types resembling those from the cave of Le Moustier. At West Row and Holywell Row, two hamlets in Mildenhall, palaeolithic implements occur in the surface soil ; this is also the case in some of the neighbouring parishes. There are many palaeolithic implements from Mil- denhall in the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology ; also some in the British Museum, Ipswich Museum, Blackmore Museum (Salisbury), and the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Neolithic implements : Flint knife or dagger [Evans, Stone Imp. 337], flint adze or hoe [ibid. 78], flint saw [ibid. 73, 75], unpolished axes [ibid. 67-8, 73, 75], ground-edged celts [ibid. 88, 91, 93], polished celts [ibid. 104, no], perforated quartzite hammer [ibid. 229], perforated greenstone hammer [ibid. 230], ground flake [ibid. 291], oval chipped knife [ibid. 336-7], ground flint knife [ibid. 341]. Mildenhall, like Icklingham, Lakenheath, and several other parishes in North-west Suffolk, has produced an immense number of neolithic implements, examples of which are to be found in many museums, while great numbers are in the hands of private collectors. Arrow-heads are frequently found. Beck Row, Burnt Fen, Kenny Hill, West Row, West Row Fen, and Holywell Row, all hamlets in this parish, have produced many neolithic implements, including arrow-heads and polished and unpolished axes. Mutford. — Neolithic scrapers, knives, choppers, and flakes. 260