A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



portant finds. Celts of elongated form and partially ground to a smooth 

 surface have been found at Stanford/ Dunham and Thorpe ; another 

 form in which the cutting edge is expanding and the sides somewhat 

 hollowed was found at Heckingham Common.^ Celts ground entirely 

 have been found at the following places : — Aylsham,^ Barton Bendish^ 

 (celt now in the British Museum), Beachamwell,' Blofield," a locality' near 

 Great Yarmouth, Breckles,^ Dull's Lane" near Loddon, Elsing,'" Hilgay 

 Fen," Hunstanton,'^ Lopham Ford," Narborough,'* Oxborough,'^ Pent- 

 ney,'' Swannington,''Thetford,''Trimingham,'» Westacre Hall,'" Weston,^' 

 and Wereham.^'^ Two of these celts, viz. those found at Thetford and 

 Wereham, had been perforated. A perforated axe 8 inches long was 

 found at Tasburgh.^^ A celt well chipped but not ground was found 

 at Thetford,^* and roughly chipped specimens were 

 discovered at Little Dunham^^ and Norwich.^" One 

 roughly made triangular celt of dark brown flint pro- 

 cured near Thetford" is of particular interest from 

 the fact that it is of a form rare in England but 

 common in Denmark, and may probably be considered 

 therefore to point to communication between the continent 

 of Europe and the inhabitants of Norfolk in the Neolithic 

 age. Another triangular celt of porphyry found at Necton^ 

 is now in the Norwich Museum. A thin, nearly flat 

 adze was found at Thetford.^" A knife beautifully formed 

 of flint was found on Corton Beach^" midway between 

 Yarmouth and Lowestoft. Other miscellaneous antiquities 

 of the Neolithic age found in Norfolk were a stone ball 

 found at Cromer,^' a flake ground at the edges found at 

 Thetford,^^ hammer-stones found at the following places : 

 Caister,^^ Congham,'* Harleston,'' Hilgay Fen,'" Lyng,'' 

 Narford,'' Rockhill,'' Sporle" near Swafl^ham, and Yar- 

 mouth*' ; a felstone celt retaining marks of the handle by 

 which it was used was found at Pentney,*^ and a fine 

 chipped pick 6 inches in length was found at Feltwell." 

 Arrowheads shaped by careful and skilful chipping 

 have been found in Norfolk as well as other of the eastern counties in 

 some abundance, and they have in the present instance been put towards 

 the end of the list of articles formed of flint because there is good reason 



MENT, Yarmouth. 



Evans, Ancient Stone Implements, ed. 2, p. 91. 

 Oj>. cit. 



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