SOUTH WEST IMPLEMENT
PETROLOGY GROUP

Gurnards Head

GROUP CASE STUDY: GROUP 1 AXES Distribution of Group I axes published by J.F.S.Stone in 1958

Distribution of Group 1 stone axes published by J.F.S.Stone in 1958 in Wessex Before the Celts,
by courtesy of Thames & Hudson.
The marked concentration in Cornwall is to be expected. Work over the past fifty years has emphasised this but also filled out a wide distribution over much of England with finds from as far afield as County Durham and Yorkshire.

Above: Gurnards Head, a greenstone outcrop fortified in the Iron Age
Photograph by courtesy of David Dawson.

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