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Stortford Historical Finds - Did you know?

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In 1900, during excavations on Potter Street in Bishop's Stortford, a tooth and tusk of a woolly mammoth was discovered.

Two hand axes from the Stone Age were accidentally discovered during drain digging near the Red, White & Blue Public House in Hazel End. Flint arrowheads have also been found in nearby Birchanger Woods.

Mesolithic man's existence in the Bishop's Stortford area came to light in 1962 at Silver Leys, Hadham Road, when the land levelling for a playing field revealed several worked flints consisting of sections of long blades, dated between 8,000 and 2,000 BC.

For more information visit the Stortford History website.

 


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