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 EARLY MAN Nacton. — Neolithic hatchet and borer [Proc. Suff. Inst. Arch, xi (3)]. This parish is one of the most prolific in South-east Suffolk so far as neolithic implements are concerned. Several sites of settlements have been identified by Mr. E. R. H. Hancox, and axes, arrow-heads, spear-heads, chisels, knives, symmetrically worked scrapers, borers, hammer-stones, and trimmed flakes have been found. Numerous pyramidal cores and literally thousands of flakes mark the sites of the settlements. Navland. — Mr. F. J. Bennett and Dr. J. S. Holden have found palaeolithic implements in the drift sands and gravels of this neighbourhood. The Rev. J. D. Gray has also found palaeolithic implements here. Neolithic implements have been found in considerable numbers, including convex and concave scrapers, borers, fabricators, chisels, knives, &c. Needham Market. — Neolithic scrapers and flakes. Newbourn. — Neolithic implements of delicate workmanship in considerable numbers. Newmarket. — Neolithic polished axes, arrow-heads, &c., have been found here ; but in some instances they were probably found in that part of Newmarket which is in Cambridgeshire. Newton. — Mr. F. J. Bennett and Dr. J. S. Holden have found palaeolithic implements here. Neolithic implements also occur. North Stow. — See West Stow. NowTON. — Palaeolithic implements [Evans, Stone Imp. 542]. OccoLD. — Neolithic scrapers, borers, flakes, &c. Otley. — A neolithic polished axe found here is in the Norwich Museum. OuLTON. — Palaeolithic implement [Antiq. Feb. 1908, p. 63]. Neolithic polished flint axe [/F<7t/«j(rjr Valley in the Stone Age, 40]. Various neolithic implements [Proc. Suff. Inst. Arch, xi {3)]. OusDEN. — Palaeolithic scraper-like implement [Geol. of Cambs. and Suff. 109]. Pakefield. — Neolithic implements of rude workmanship are abundant in this parish. The Rev. R. Ashington Bullen collected 719 neolithic implements and flakes on a farm here, including a hoe, a hand-hatchet, a hand-hammer, several small saws, and a tanged and winged arrowhead of pale chalcedonic flint. Pakenham. — Neolithic flakes, implements, and 'pot-boilers' [Proc. Suff. Inst. Arch, x, 169]. Parham. — Several rudely-shaped neolithic implements. Playford. — Neolithic polished flint celt [Evans, Stone Imp. loi]. Polstead. — Palaeolithic implements have been found on the surface of the ground. Neolithic axe and flint cores. Ramsholt. — Neolithic scrapers and other worked flints. Redgrave. — Neolithic polished flint celt [Evans, Stone Imp. Iio]; perforated quartzite hammer- head [ibid. 228]. Redisham. — Rudely worked neolithic implements. Rendham. — Neolithic flakes and implements, rudely fashioned. Reydon. — Neolithic scrapers and flakes. RouGHAM. — Dr. W. Allen Sturge has palaeolithic implements that were found here, apparently from brick-earth. Rushmere St. Andrew. — Neolithic polished axe. RusHMERE (near Lowestoft). — Rudely-fashioned neolithic implements. Santon Downham. — Palaeolithic implements [Evans, Stone Imp. 550, 552, 556-560, 647, 660 ; Geol. Mag. v, 443 ; Proc. Soc. Antiq. (Ser. 2), iv, 124 ; Brit. Assoc. Rep. 1886 ; Miller and Skertchley, Fenland, 551 ; Proc. Norw. Geol. Soc. i, 164 ; Brit. Mus. Guide to the Stone Age, 16, 21]. Palaeolithic implements from this place are in the British Museum, Blackmore Museum (Salisbury), Norwich Museum, and several private collections. Neolithic implements : Rough chipped flint adze [Evans, Stone Imp. 70] ; ground-edged flint celt [ibid. 92] ; polished flint celt [ibid. 99] ; ground-edged blue flint knife and fragment of circular ground knife [TVanj. Norf. and Norw. Nat. Soc. viii, 30] ; finely worked pear-shaped scraper [ibid. 34]. Santon Downham has been very prolific of neolithic implements, many of which are of very finished workmanship. Among them are some of the peculiar ' star shaped ' implements (see Eriswell). Good examples of Santon Downham neoliths are in the museums at Cambridge, Norwich, and Edinburgh. Saxham. — Neolithic implements found here are in the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology. Saxmundham. — Neolithic scrapers. Saxtead. — Neolithic scrapers and flakes. Shadingfield. — Neolithic scrapers and flakes. Shelley. — Neolithic polished celt [Evans, Stone Imp. 106] ; another found here is in the possession of Mr. J. Payne, of Hadleigh. Shimpling. — Rudely-worked neolithic implements have been found in and around the earthworks known as ' War-banks.' 261