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Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, High Peak, Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]

Buxton Museum and Art Gallery is in Buxton, Derbyshire [Map].

Between 2500BC and 700BC. Stone axehammer found at Arbor Low [Map]. In the collection of Buxton Museum and Art Gallery [Map]. Width 56mm; length 177mm; depth 57mm; diameter of hole 27mm.

Between 2500BC and 1500BC. Discoidal flint knife found at Arbor Low [Map]. In the collection of Buxton Museum and Art Gallery [Map]. Height 11mm; width 74mm; length 97mm; depth 3mm; diameter mm. This tool was purchased from a local farmer by Micah Salt in 1897. Micah Salt (1847-1915) was a tailor in Buxton who had a great interest in archaeology.

Between 2500BC and 2000BC. Barbed-and-tanged flint arrowhead found at Arbor Low [Map]. In the collection of Buxton Museum and Art Gallery [Map].

Between 1899 and 1901. Found at Five Wells Chambered Tomb [Map] collected by M Salt (age 52). In the collection of Buxton Museum and Art Gallery [Map].

Flint Scraper

Flint knife

Flint tool or fabricator