Bridlington man finds Neolithic artefacts in his garden
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It's an ordinary suburban garden – with an apple tree, paving and borders. But its owner has uncovered an astonishing secret history that is delighting archaeologists and helping to paint a new picture of life in the region thousands of years ago.
The remarkable amount of ancient flints Aled Jones has dug up in his tiny front garden in Bridlington suggests it was once the site of a Neolithic settlement. Mr Jones made his discoveries while weeding the borders at his home on the outskirts of the resort, which sits on one of the highest natural points in the town.
To date, artefacts he has uncovered include a beautiful Neolithic stone bead, arrowhead and toffee-coloured blade, made sometime between 4,500BC and 2000BC. Enthralled by what he has found, his next move could be to dig his patio up and carry out a full excavation.
Mr Jones, of Mount Crescent, who has a university diploma in archaeology and the landscape, said: "My garden is a veritable spoilheap. "It just amazed me that things that old should turn up in my garden. Only last week I was lucky enough while weeding to unearth a rare Neolithic flint blade. This was one of the most important tools made by prehistoric man.
"Blades were often used as small knives for cutting vegetables or meat and were extremely sharp. "Sometimes though they would be attached one next to the other on a wooden haft to make a crude but effective sickle.
More, with photos: Yorkshire Today
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