Hoxne

A site in Suffolk, England, where John Frere discovered Stone Age implements (hand axes) among some fossilized bones of extinct animals in 1797. At that time, it was believed that the Earth had been created in 4004 BC. In reporting his findings, Frere suggested that the remains came from a time considerably earlier than that. His report was politely received, but it wasn't until 1956 that it was demonstrated that the lake clays had a distinctive Hoxnian pollen diagram and the Acheulian hand axes were associated with this.

A site in Suffolk, East Anglia, of historical importance because in 1797 John Frere recovered and described hand axes from here associated with extinct animals. In 1956 it was demonstrated that the lake clays had a distinctive Hoxnian pollen diagram, and Acheulian hand axes were associated with this. In recent research, a higher occupation level with abundant scrapers has been investigated.