Monument record MLI51406 - PREHISTORIC ARTEFACTS FOUND SOUTHWEST OF OWMBY CLIFF FARM

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PREHISTORIC ARTEFACTS FOUND SOUTHWEST OF OWMBY CLIFF FARM

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RECENT FINDS ON THE KNOWN ROMAN SITE INCLUDE A SMALL BRONZE AWL OF BEAKER TYPE, AND THE BUTT END OF A STONE AXE WITH FLATTENED SIDES. NOW IN SCUNTHORPE MUSEUM. {1}{2} THE AWL WAS FOUND IN NOV. 1970. {3} A LATE BRONZE AGE SPEARHEAD WITH A SQUARED SOCKET AND PEG HOLES AND MOST OF THE BLADE MISSING, FROM THE ROMAN SITE AT OWMBY, IS IN THE POSSESSSION OF H MOSSOP. REPORTED IN 1973. {4}{5} A POLISHED FLINT AXE FOUND AT SK96928673. NO FURTHER INFORMATION. {6} FINDS FROM THE ROMAN SITE IN THE COLLECTION OF H R MOSSOP IN 1970-1973 INCLUDES BRONZE AGE WORKED FLINTS. {7}{8} A FRAGMENT OF THE BUTT OF A STONE AXE OF GROUP VI FOUND AT SK96968675 AS A SURFACE FIND AFTER PLOUGHING. LENGTH 6CM, MAX. WIDTH 3.8CM MAX. THICKNESS 2.2CM, WITH FLATTENED EDGES. {9}{10} WORKED FLINTS FOUND DURING FIELDWALKING IN SPRING 1978 BY NLAU AND REPORTED BY NAOMI FIELD. {11}{12}~, HTM 52M

Sources/Archives (12)

  •  Index: SMR FILE. OWMBY. SK 98 NE:M,1971, -.
  •  Article in Serial: Catherine M. Wilson. 1972. 'Archaeological notes, 1971' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. VOL 7 p6.
  •  Article in Serial: P.J. Davey. 1973. 'Bronze Age Metalwork from Lincolnshire' in Archaeologia. VOL 104 p119; Fig 44.426.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. OWMBY. SK 98 NE:M,1973, -.
  •  Article in Serial: MARJORAM, J.. 1974. 'Archaeological notes, 1973' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. VOL 9 p19.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. OWMBY. SK 98 NE:M -.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. OWMBY. SK 98 NE:M,1973, -.
  •  Article in Serial: MARJORAM, J.. 1974. 'Archaeological notes, 1973' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. VOL 9 p20.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. OWMBY. SK 98 NE:AK,1971, -.
  •  Article in Serial: Catherine M. Wilson. 1972. 'Archaeological notes, 1971' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. VOL 7 p5.
  •  Index: SMR FILE. OWMBY. SK 98 NE:AX,1978, TMA.
  •  Artefact: City and County Museum Collection. LM 165.78.

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Grid reference Centred SK 970 866 (293m by 293m) Centre
Civil Parish OWMBY BY SPITAL, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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