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Monument Number 887154
Hob Uid: 887154
Location : Lancashire Rossendale Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SD8500021000
Summary : A Neolithic polished stone axe was found in 1978 beneath the site of the Western Board School at Bacup, Stocksteads. On the same site a "spinning whorl" (loomweight?) was also found more recently, 5 feet below the surface. Both are in Bacup Museum.
More information : SD 8251 (Marginal, uncertain). Bacup, Stocksteads. Polished stone axe found 1978 beneath the site of the Western Board School. On the same site a spinning whorl (loomweight?) was found recently, 5ft below the surface. In Bacup Museum. (1)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Barnes B. 1982. Man and the Changing Landscape (109) University of Liverpool, Dept of Prehistoric Archaeology Work Notes 3 Wallasey: Eaton Press
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Neolithic
Display Date : Neolithic
Monument End Date : -2200
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Neolithic
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : POLISHED AXEHEAD
Object Material : Stone

Period : Uncertain
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : SPINDLE WHORL, LOOMWEIGHT
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SD 82 SE 13
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Monument Number 887154