Monument record MLI33955 - Possible Neolithic settlement, north of Riverside Cottages
Summary
Possible Neolithic settlement, north of Riverside Cottages
Type and Period (2)
- PIT (Early Neolithic to Late Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- HUT CIRCLE (Early Neolithic to Late Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
33955
In 1933, immediately to the north of the Grantham Waterworks Intake station, during the digging of gravel a Neolithic pot was discovered. The pot was similar to Windmill Hill ware. The only other find at this time was a serrated flint flake. C.W.Phillips carried out a site visit, where he noticed in the section of the quarry what turned out to be a large rectangular feature 7 feet long and 2 feet wide with stake holes at its edges. Further finds were a medium-sized pounding stone and a piece of human skull and mandible. The relationship between the features and the finds was not established. The pot and the flint flake are in Grantham Museum. {1}{2}{3}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI2525 Index: OS CARD INDEX. GREAT PONTON. SK 92 NW:2,1965, D.A..
- <2> SLI244 Article in Serial: PHILLIPS, C.W.. 1935. ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL. Vol 15, No 3, page 347.
- <3> SLI3677 Map: PHILLIPS, C.W.. 1935. OS 6 INCH SERIES. SK92NW.
- <4> SLI3052 Index: SMR FILE. GREAT PONTON. SK92NW:I,1936, PHILLIPS, C.W..
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 9247 2972 (37m by 34m) |
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Civil Parish | GREAT PONTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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