Find Spot record MLI51416 - POLISHED STONE AXE FOUND NORTH OF SAXBY CLIFF ROAD
Summary
POLISHED STONE AXE FOUND NORTH OF SAXBY CLIFF ROAD
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
TWO POLISHED STONE AXES PLOUGHED UP AT SAXBY IN ABOUT 1946, AND PRESENTED TO LINCOLN MUSEUM IN 1957. {1}{2}{5}{6}
BOTH AXES WERE THIN SECTIONED, ONE WAS FOUND TO BE OF GROUP VI IN ORIGIN, THE OTHER WAS OF GROUP XX ORIGIN. {7}
IN 1964 SEAMAN REPORTED THAT THE FARMER SAID HE PLOUGHED ONE AXE UP 'SOME YEARS AGO' AND INDICATED THE FIND SPOT AT SK99108646. THIS AXE WAS LATER TAKEN TO SCHOOL BY HIS DAUGHTER AND SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND ITS WAY TO LINCOLN MUSEUM. HE KNEW NOTHING OF A SECOND AXE. {2}
A LETTER FROM THE FINDER IN 1956 HOWEVER ASSERTS THAT THE TWO AXES WERE FOUND BY HIS UNCLE DURING PLOUGHING IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. {4}
POSSIBLY THREE AXES ARE BEING REFERED TO?
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1> SLI3244 Index: SMR FILE. SAXBY. SK 98 NE:AC -.
- <2> SLI2706 Index: OS CARD INDEX. SAXBY. SK 98 NE:12,1964, SEAMAN B H.
- <3> SLI8 Artefact: City and County Museum Collection. LM 37.57.
- <4> SLI1286 Correspondence: 1956. PARISH FILE. SAXBY.
- <5> SLI499 Article in Serial: PETCH, D.F.. 1957. 'Archaeological Notes for 1956' in Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. VOL 7 (NS) p6.
- <6> SLI501 Article in Serial: D.F. Petch. 1958. Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. VOL 7 (NS) p92.
- <7> 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.
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Location
| Grid reference | SK 9910 8646 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | SAXBY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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