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 |
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Civil Parish | FILLINGHAM, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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