Sponsored by
Bronze age axe head is found
A bronze age axe head and a fossilised horse tooth were just two historical items taken along to a Finds Day at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery recently.
Members of the public were invited along to the Terrace Road museum to have their finds inspected and recorded for the national Portable Antiquities Scheme database.
Finds Liaison Officer Rachel Atherton said: "What we are trying to do is build up an idea of what people are finding across the country so it can be recorded and used by anyone from archaeologists to people researching their local history."
The bronze age axe head, which was found using a metal detector in Whaley Bridge last week, is believed to date from between 1600 BC and 1200 BC.
Another interesting find was the fossilised horse tooth, which pre-dates the last ice age. This was found in a swallow hole near Hartington.
Rachel will be running another Finds Day at Buxton Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday April 23.
Email to a friend
Print this page
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Buxton
Saturday 04 February 2012
Today
Heavy snow
Temperature: -2 C to 0 C
Wind Speed: 18 mph
Wind direction: South
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 2 C to 5 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: West
