Monument record MLI50889 - Mesolithic flint scatter found south of Holton le Moor Village
Summary
Mesolithic flint scatter found south of Holton le Moor Village
Type and Period (1)
- FLINT SCATTER (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
A LOCAL AUTHORITY ON FLINTS, HAS IN HIS PRIVATE COLLECTION, MICROLITHS, SCRAPERS AND 'PYGMY KNIVES' FOUND BY HIM IN AN AREA CENTRED AT TF08209731 FROM 1958 ONWARD. IN 1963 THE ORDNANCE SURVEY FIELD INSPECTOR REPORTED THAT THE SITE WAS UNDER CROP. PERAMBULATION OF THE FIELD BOUNDARIES SHOWED MANY FLINTS BUT NO IMPLEMENTS. {1}, HTM 32M
Some cores, burins, microburins and microliths are recorded at TF 082 973 in the Colonisation of Britain Project. They are part of the D.N. Colebrook Collection. {4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI2566 Index: OS CARD INDEX. HOLTON LE MOOR. TF 09 NE:15,1963, COLQHOUN F.
- <2> SLI3093 Index: SMR FILE. HOLTON LE MOOR. TF 09 NE:AC -.
- <3> SLI873 Bibliographic Reference: J.J. Wymer and C.J. Bonsall (eds.). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales, with a Gazetteer of Upper Palaeolithic Sites in England and Wales. p.176.
- <4> SLI13825 Index: Wessex Archaeology. 2012. The Colonisation of Britain Project. 15289.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 0823 9726 (173m by 177m) Centre |
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Civil Parish | HOLTON LE MOOR, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Feb 15 2024 1:04PM
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