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Mesolithic Flint Microlith

Flint microlith - small stone tool made and used by nomadic hunters gatherers living in the Nene Valley during the Middle Stone Age.

Mesolithic c. 9600 - 4000 BCE Geologic to Prehistoric

Bronze Age Flint Dagger

This flint dagger was found in a male burial in a barrow along with other grave goods. It had never been used so may have been an ornamental or ritual piece.

Early Bronze Age 3300 - 2100 BCE Geologic to Prehistoric

Thorpe (Neolithic) Axe

The Thorpe axe, named after the finder of the Axe in the inter-war years, is a large neolithic flint axe found in Higham Ferrers.

Neolithic 4,100 - 2,500 BCE Geologic to Prehistoric

Neolithic Adze

With the start of Neolithic farming came new stone tools. This adze is of a type and stone more commonly found in Denmark.

Neolithic 4,100 - 2,500 BCE Geologic to Prehistoric