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 BromehilP 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. 



Paleolithic Implement, Gravel Hill, Brandon. 



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. cit. p. 550 ; Quarterly 'Journal of 

 the Geolopcal Society, xxiii. pp. 45-55. 



♦ Op. cit. p. 550. 



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



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