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.' 



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