ENGLAND: THE OTHER WITHIN

Analysing the English Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Stone tools and archaeological stone tools

The vast majority of English stone tools are archaeological.

County

Number of stone tools

% of all English stone tools 15,786

number of archaelogical stone tools only

% of all English stone tools 15,786

% of all English archaeological stone tools 15,085

Bedfordshire

1,612

10.2

1,609

10.1

10.6

Berkshire

44

0.2

43

0.2

0.2

Birmingham

0

-

0

-

-

Bristol

7

0

7

0

0

Buckinghamshire

25

0.1

25

0.1

0.1

Cambridgeshire

78

0.4

77

0.4

0.4

Cheshire

0

-

0

-

-

Cleveland

0

-

0

-

-

Cornwall

17

0.1

17

0.1

0.1

Cumbria

5

0

3

0

0

Derbyshire

4

0

4

0

0

Devon

369

2.3

366

2.3

2.4

Dorset

193

1.2

190

1.2

1.2

Durham

0

-

0

-

-

Essex

160

1

158

1

1

Gloucestershire

43

0.2

43

0.2

0.2

Greater Manchester

22

0.1

18

0.1

0.1

Hampshire and Isle of Wight

1,109

7

1,096

6.9

7.2

Herefordshire

0

-

0

-

-

Hertfordshire

7

0

7

0

0

Kent

963

6.1

809

5.1

5.3

Lancashire

35

0.2

35

0.2

0.2

Leicestershire

0

-

0

-

-

Lincolnshire

34

0.2

34

0.2

0.2

London [Greater]

491

3.1

275

1.7

1.8

Merseyside

0

-

0

-

-

Norfolk

614

3.8

607

3.8

4

Northamptonshire

1

0

1

0

0

Northumberland

0

-

0

-

-

Nottinghamshire

0

-

0

-

-

Oxfordshire

3,242

20.5

3,149

19.9

20.8

Rutland

0

-

0

-

-

Shropshire

0

-

0

-

-

Somerset

166

1

165

1

1

Staffordshire

2

0

1

0

0

Suffolk

1,999

12.6

1,907

12

12.6

Surrey

1,150

7.2

1,149

7.2

7.6

All Sussex

940

5.9

934

5.9

6.1

Tyne and Wear

0

-

0

-

-

Warwickshire

1

0

1

0

0

Wiltshire

1,832

11.6

1,831

11.5

12.1

Worcestershire

4

0

1

0

0

All Yorkshire

482

3

473

2.9

3.1

All England

15,786

-

15,085

95.5

-

NB this table does not include stone weapons or stone tools or weapons (where use is not certain)