Monument record MLI51260 - FLINT IMPLEMENTS FOUND NORTH OF KIRTON ROAD
Summary
FLINT IMPLEMENTS FOUND NORTH OF KIRTON ROAD
Type and Period (1)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 801 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
FLINT IMPLEMENTS REPORTED BY HAROLD DUDLEY IN 1950 TO BE COMMON IN THIS AREA. IN 1964 SEAMAN REPORTED THAT THE AREA HAD BEEN FRESHLY PLOUGHED AND WAS FIELDWALKED; THERE WAS A HEAVY SCATTER OF FLINT BUT NO IMPLEMENTS WERE FOUND. {1}
A FRAGMENT OF A ?POLISHED STONE AXE FROM THE SITE, NOW IN SCUNTHORPE MUSEUM WAS THIN-SECTIONED BETWEEN 1946 AND 1973 AND FOUND TO BE OF QUARTZITE. {2}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI2713 Index: OS CARD INDEX. SCOTTON. SE 90 SW:4,1964, SEAMAN B H.
- <2> SLI587 Article in Serial: W.A. Cummins and C.N. Moore. 1973. 'Petrological Identification of Stone Implements from Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland' in Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. VOL 39 p253.
- <3> SLI605 Artefact: Scunthorpe Museum Collection. SM:SN AB.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SE 9019 0004 (108m by 107m) Approximate |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SCOTTON, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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