When strolling beside the Wharfe near Burley, Yorkshire, in 1897, a small stone axe, 3¼ in. by 1⅝ in., was found in the river amidst a heap of sandy clay, partly submerged, at a point where recent floods had undermined the bank. The importance of this find was not then fully appreciated; indeed, the unusual shape of the axe caused it to be looked upon with a degree of suspicion, even suggesting thoughts of “Flint Jack,” though without any adequate grounds. After cleaning it and recording the circumstances of discovery, for a time it occupied a place in a drawer of implements, but was ultimately relegated to one of more general specimens, there to remain forgotten until accidentally turned over a year or two ago, when its true quality was at last recognised.