Hoxne Brick Pit
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hoxne-brick-pit-169-8945427
title:
Hoxne Brick Pit
text:
Hoxne Brick Pit is a 1.3-hectare (3.2-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hoxne in Suffolk, England. It is a Geological Conservation Review site. In 1797, John Frere found flint hand axes, now known to date back 400,000 years, in a deposit twelve feet deep, and commented that "the situation in which these weapons were found may tempt us to refer them to a very remote period indeed; even beyond that of the present world". This is the earliest recognition that hand axes were ma
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description:
Protected area in Suffolk, England
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoxne_Brick_Pit
date created:
2017-07-03T10:54:04Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T12:09:30Z
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