Find Spot record MLI51124 - POLISHED FLINT AXE FOUND IN FILLINGHAM
Summary
POLISHED FLINT AXE FOUND IN FILLINGHAM
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
A POLISHED FLINT AXE FROM FILLINGHAM WAS PRESENTED TO LINCOLN MUSEUM IN 1920 BY MR C H FOWLER. IN 1964 HARPER REPORTED THAT MR FOWLER WAS NOT KNOWN IN FILLINGHAM BUT SEVERAL RESIDENTS BELIEVED THAT THE FIND WAS MADE IN A GARDEN AT SK94478594, AN AREA WHERE, IMMEDIATELY POST-WAR, 'THE REMAINS OF A STONE COFFIN, BONES AND A FEW FLINT ARTEFACTS WERE FOUND'. NONE OF THESE LATER FINDS HAD BEEN PRESERVED. {1}~ THIN SECTIONED AND FOUND TO BE OF CHERT. {4}~
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI2487 Index: OS CARD INDEX. FILLINGHAM. SK 98 NW:8,1964, HARPER F R.
- <2> SLI8 Artefact: City and County Museum Collection. LM 20.20.
- <3> SLI3011 Index: SMR FILE. FILLINGHAM. SK 98 NE:BH,1981, TMA.
- <4> 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 p247.
Map
No mapped location recorded.
Location
| Grid reference | Not recorded |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | FILLINGHAM, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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