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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)

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