This is a 10,000 year old flint hand axe, found near Caldbeck Fells, is the only known evidence of old stone age (Palaeolithic) habitation in North Cumbria yet found. This probably was carried to the area as the last ice age was ending about 135000 years ago. After 7000 years ago there are many more signs of temporary communal habitation in the area. It was about 4000 years ago that Neolithic habitation was present, with the farming of cereal crops, vegetables, and fruit. Animals like sheep, cattle, pigs, and goats were also kept. Trees were also cleared using polished stone axes.
Axes from Great Langdale in the Lake District, on the mountain scree slopes, were made and traded all over Britain and some have been found on the European continent. These included axes, adzes, and chisels and were made between 5000 and 4000 years ago. The following is some of the those tools found in the area.
These are two Neolithic "tridents" dated between 5900 and 5400 years ago and have been carved from a single oak plank. The reason for the quotation marks is archeologists are not sure what they were used for.
The Edenhall stone.
Spearheads and a mold to make them from ~1000 BCE.
A carved stone ball from ~ 2000-1500 BCE.
The bewcastle cauldron from the 1st century CE. It is made from bronze 1mm thick, riveted together but the bottom is one solid piece.
An ancient hipster Celtic man.
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