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EARLY MAN Hepworth. — Neolithic polished flint celts [Evans, Stone Imp. loo, 102]. Herringfleet. — Palaeolithic implements [Jntij. Feb. 1908, pp. 60-4]. Neolithic implements of very finished workmanship have been found here, including some interesting combination tools, such as double-ended convex scrapers and combined convex and concave scrapers. Herringswell. — Palaeolithic implement [Evans, Stone Imp. 539]. Neolithic polished axes, arrow- head, &c. Hessett. — Neolithic polished axe. HiGHAM (near Bury). — Palaeolithic implements [Windle, Remains of the Prehistoric Period^ 64]. Neolithic arrow-head and scrapers. HiGHAM (near Hadleigh). — Neolithic trimmed flakes. Holywell Row. — See Mildenhall. HoPTON. — Neolithic scrapers, knives, &c., of delicate workmanship Proc. Suff. Inst. Arch, xi, (3), 329]- HoxNE. — Palaeolithic implements [Arch, xiii, 204 ; ibid, xxxviii, 298 ; Evans, Stone Imp. 573-7 ; Lubbock, Prehistoric Times (4th ed.), 353-4; Geologist, iii, 347; ibid, iv, 19; Phil. Trans. (i860), 277, 307 ; ibid. (1864), 247 ; ibid, cl, 304-9; ibid, cliv, 283 ; Skelton, Meyrick's Armour, pi. xlvi ; Lyell, Antiq. of Man, 166 ; Quart. Journ. of Science (1876), 289-304; Reid and Ridley, Rep. Brit. Assoc. (1888), 674; 'Appointment of Committee to examine Hoxne Beds' (1895), 679 ; Rep. of Com. (1896), 400 ; Essex Naturalist, ix, 245 ; Geol. of Country around Halesworth and Harleston, 27-31 ; Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. xxxvi, 497, and xxxviii, 669 ; Proc. Norw. Geol. Soc. pt. ii, 62 ; Geol. of Engl, and Wales (2nd ed.), 515 ; Brit. Mus. Guide to the Stone Age, 1, 7-8, 20; Geikie, Textbook of Geol. (4th ed.), 1358; Proc. Suff. Inst. Arch, vii (i), p. xxviii]. Neolithic arrow-head ^Arch. Journ. xvii, 261 ; Evans, Sf««f Imp. 373] ; arrow-head [ibid. 390]. Neolithic flakes and scrapers [Waveney Valley in the Stone Age, 34]. Tcklingham. — Palaeolithic implements {Phil. Trans. (1864), 253 ; Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. xvii, 364; Arch, xxxviii, 302, and xxxix, 63; hyeW, Antiq. of Man, 169; Evans, Stone Imp. 543-7 ; Geol. of Cambs. and Suff. 79-80 ; Brit. Mus. Guide to the Stone Age, 21 ; Proc. Norw. Geol. Soc. i, 163]. Thousands of neolithic implements have been found in the two Icklingham parishes, including polished and unpolished axes, triangular knives, arrow-heads, perforated hammers, and leaf-shaped, lunate, and ground-edged knives. Some of these are figured and described in Evans, Stone Imp. Icklingham flint implements are preserved in the British Museum, in the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, in the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology, Blackmore Museum (Salisbury), Norwich and Ipswich Museums, Thetford Mechanics' Institute, and many private collections. Iken. — Neolithic scrapers and flakes. Ilketshall St. Andrew. — Neolithic chopper. Ilketshall St. John. — Neolithic broken polished flint axe [JVaveney Valley in the Stone Age, 26]. Neolithic implements, rudely fashioned, are frequently found here. Ingham. — Neolithic implements found here are in the Thetford Mechanics' Institute. Ipswich. — Palaeolithic implements [yawrn. Anthrop. Inst, xxxiii, 41-3; ibid, xxxiv, 306-10]. Neo- lithic deer-horn pick Journ. Anthrop. Inst, i, 73 ; Evans, Stone Imp. 34]. Neolithic polished flint axe [ibid. 100]. Perforated quartzite celt [ibid. 193]. Neolithic flint dagger [ibid. 353]. Neolithic knife [Proc. Suff. Inst. Arch, xi, 203]. ICenny Hill. — See Mildenhall. Kentford. — There are palaeolithic implements labelled ' Kentford ' in the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology. Kesgrave. — Neolithic polished flint celt [Evans, Stone Imp, zoo]. Neolithic scrapers and arrow- heads. Kessingland. — Neolithic sCrapers, knives, choppers, borers, &c., are plentifully distributed over the fields in this parish, and they have also been found among the sand dunes on the beach. KniKLEY. — Neolithic polished flint axe [Proc. Suff. Inst. Arch, xi (3), 2 ; Waveney Valley in the Stone Age, 36]. Neolithic scrapers and flakes have been found below high-water mark in Lake Lothing, and a partly ground axe and a well-worked flint knife were picked up on Black Heath, KiRTON. — Neolithic scrapers and flakes. Lackford. — Neolithic flat-sided, polished flint axe [Evans, Stone Imp. 112]. Arrow-heads. Lakenheath. — Palaeolithic implements [Evans, Stone Imp. 566 ; Geol. of Cambs. and Suff. 74 ; Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. xxv, 450-1 ; Brit. Mus. Guide to the Stone Age, 8 ; Proc. Norw. Geol. Soc. i, 164]. This parish has produced a very great number of neolithic implements, including polished and unpolished axes, chipped and ground flint knives, arrow-heads, scrapers, &c. Many of these implements are described and figured in Evans, Stone Imp. In the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology there are about 250 arrow-heads from this parish, while a recent 259