Find Spot record MLI22404 - POLISHED STONE AXE
Summary
POLISHED STONE AXE
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
A polished stone axe found about 1902 by men cleaning out a drain in Leaves, Lake Drove, Pinchbeck. Was seen by Mr Maples some time President of the Spalding Gentlemen's Society. Present whereabouts of the axe is not known. {1} No further information. The Gents. Soc. Spalding have no record of this find.{1} ALTHOUGH THE FINDSPOT IS RECORDED AS BEING C.1.5KM EAST OF THE FORTY FOOT DRAIN THE NEOLITHIC LAND SURFACE THERE LIES WELL BELOW THE DITCH BOTTOM AND THE FIND IS MORE LIKELY TO HAVE BEEN MADE FURTHER WEST, NEARER TO THE DRAIN. {3}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI2684 Index: OS CARD INDEX. PINCHBECK. TF 12 SE:7,1965, D.A..
- <2> SLI3220 Index: SMR FILE. PINCHBECK. TF 12 SE:I,1933, PHILLIPS, C.W..
- <3> SLI1079 Bibliographic Reference: Hayes, P. P. and Lane, T. W.. 1992. The Fenland Project No.5: Lincolnshire Survey, the South-West Fens. 5 GAZ UA1 P 143.
Map
Location
Grid reference | TF 1830 2460 (point) |
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Civil Parish | PINCHBECK, SOUTH HOLLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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