Palæolithic Implements in Cambridgeshire

Abstract

FEW Palæolithic implements have, I believe, been discovered in Cambridgeshire, although they are abundant in the gravels of the neighbouring counties of Suffolk and Essex. It may therefore interest your readers to learn that three implements have lately been found near Kennet, on the surface of a field not far from the high-road from Newmarket to Thetford. Two of the implements are kite-shaped. One, of lustrous black flint, is acutely pointed, with sharp cutting edges, and has a part of the original crust of the flint left on one of the faces, which is less convex than the other. It has lost a portion of the butt-end, but is otherwise perfect. The third is a sharp-rimmed ovate implement, the surface of which is stained a deep ochreous colour. Portions of the original crust remain on the faces and base.