Monument record MLI53520 - Mesolithic Flints, Skipworth Arms, Moortown
Summary
Scatter of Mesolithic flints, found in 1958 on land to the south-east of the Skipworth Arms, Moortown.
Type and Period (1)
- FLINT SCATTER (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
A scatter of Mesolithic flints was found during field walking conducted in this area in 1958. The assemblage was catalogued as part of the Colonisation of Britain Project, and includes two cores, eleven awls and at least twelve microliths. Some later flints were also recovered from the same area (see MLI53518). All the flints were retained in the private collection of the finder, D.N. Colebrook. {1}{2}{3}{4}
A scatter of late Neolithic and/or early Bronze Age flints was found in 1958, during field walking conducted on land to the south-east of the Skipworth Arms, Moortown. The assemblage included a number of leaf arowheads and scrapers, amongst other flints. All the flints were retained in the private collection of the finder, D.N. Colebrook.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI2881 Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 09 NE: E.
- <2> SLI2344 Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 09 NE: 10.
- <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.180.
- <4> SLI13825 Index: Wessex Archaeology. 2012. The Colonisation of Britain Project. 15290.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 0807 9949 (96m by 96m) Estimated from Sources |
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Civil Parish | SOUTH KELSEY, WEST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Feb 19 2024 12:01PM
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