Evidence of Neolithic camp discovered in Cannock

Historians believe they have unearthed evidence of a 4,000-year-old Stone Age camp in the Midlands – thanks to a dog walker.

Roger Hall discovered a handful of strange-shaped rocks while walking his pet pooch in picturesque Cannock Wood, Staffordshire,

But experts have identified them as flint ‘flakes’ – the off-cuts from tools crafted by Stone Age Man an astonishing 4,000 years ago.

If confirmed, they could mark the spot of the only neolithic camp known in our region, says Roger Knowles, a member of the Council for British Archaeology.

He is convinced that buried beneath the grassland is a link between the twilight period when mankind changed from nomadic hunter-gatherer to village dweller.

Norton Canes Historical Society chairman Roger, 70, is now calling for a full excavation of the site after contacting the Staffordshire County Council archaeologist.

He said: “This could be the most significant historical find for decades. There have been previous individual finds from the Stone Age – tools, weapons and burial sites – but never a settlement. It’s very exciting...

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