A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



which have been supposed to belong 

 to that remote period having been 

 proved upon close examination to be- 

 long to the Neolithic or subsequent 

 races. The Paleolithic race is gener- 

 ally supposed to be extinct, although 

 Dr. Boyd Dawkins^ considers that 

 the Cave men are represented by the 

 Eskimos. 



Remains of this early period 

 found in Norfolk form a very interest- 

 ing and important contribution towards 

 the story of Paleolithic man. They 

 consist of flint implements, much 

 rolled and waterworn, obtained from a 

 gravelpit at Bromehill^ in the parish of 

 Weeting, about a mile and a quarter 

 east of Brandon, This pit is in the 

 valley of the Little Ouse, and the lower 

 gravel, which contains a few imple- 

 ments of black colour, is only slightly 

 above the level of the adjacent river. 



Pal/eolithic Implement, Gravel H 



Paleolithic Implement, Gravel Hill, 

 Brandon. 



RedhilP near Thetford is 

 another place where Palaeolithic 

 implements have been found. As 

 early as the year 1865 imple- 

 ments were found here in the 

 river gravels of the Little Ouse. 

 The discovery was made by a 

 workman, and upon the fact be- 

 coming known further search 

 was made in the district, with 

 the result that other implements 

 were obtained at Whitehill, fur- 

 ther down the valley and also on 

 the Norfolk side. Subsequent 

 searches have been rewarded by 

 the discovery of numerous speci- 

 mens in the neighbourhood of 

 Brandon* and at Shrub HilP in 

 the parish of Feltwell. The 



1 Early Man in Britain, p. 233. 



* Evans, Ancient Stone Implements, ed. 2, 

 p. 560. 



3 Op. at. p. 550 ; Quarterly Journal of 

 the Geological Society, xxiii. pp. 45-53- 



* Op. clt. p. 550. 



^ Op. cit. pp. 550, 568, 569. 



