Dewley Hill - Historic England Research Records
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Description
An alleged round barrow, Dewley Hill (also known as Dewley Law, Dewley Mound) is generally regarded as a natural feature - a kaim (or kame) of glacial origin. However, a number of finds suggest that it was utilised in prehistory. Although doubts have been cast on the existence of some flints claimed to have been recovered from its surface, a fragment of a Neolithic polished stone axe plus Mesolithic cores, blades, flakes and a graver are known to have been found on or in the hill. The axe is in private possession, while the Mesolithic flints are in the Hancock Museum (Preston Collection), the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries, Newcastle Upon Tyne, and Sunderland Museum. The hill, which has been shceduled as a monument, has been reduced in size by ploughing..... -
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