Monument record MLI80855 - Flint-working site at Tumby, Lincolnshire
Summary
Flint-working site at Tumby, Lincolnshire.
Type and Period (2)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 801 BC)
- LITHIC WORKING SITE (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 801 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN 43848
Fieldwalking on land at Tumby found 714 pieces of worked flint dating from the Early Neolithic to the Bronze Age. Material from all phases of the flint tool production process was recovered, including flakes, cores, waste fragments and tools. {1}{2} A second stage of evaluation in 2000 found a further 184 flints in three trial trenches. The assemblage reflected that of the earlier fieldwalking. {3}{4}
The fieldwalking programme in 2002 recovered far greater quantities of worked flint on the 'north island' than on the 'south island'. This may suggest that the northern area was more intensively exploited than its southern neighbour during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. Alternatively it could indicate that later agricultural activity has more severely affected the northern part of the site, truncating prehistoric land surfaces and features, and thereby liberating greater quantities of artefactual material into the modern ploughsoil. It is difficult to provide evidence to support either one of these possibilities over the other. The material from both areas including a proportion of abraded flakes and others with very fresh edges. The later group suggest that there is still some in-situ material in both parts of the site. The largest proportion of the assemblage, over 5200 pieces of worked or modified flint in all, dates from the Early Neolithic activity but there is also a slight Later Mesolithic presence. The assemblage also suggests that the site was continued to be used, albeit in a reduced capacity in the Late Neolithic and/or Early Bronze Age. The evidence suggests that the Early Neolithic activity was more focused upon the 'north island', although Late Neolithic to Bronze Age material was evenly distributed across two halves of the site. {5}{6}
A further 41 struck or modified flints were recovered during excavation in 2004. Most were derived from the topsoil. {7}{8}
Sources/Archives (8)
- <1> SLI6070 Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. April 1999. Report on fieldwalking, land at Tumby, Lincolnshire. TMB 98.
- <2> SLI6071 Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. April 1999. Archive of fieldwalking on land at Tumby, Lincolnshire. LCNCC 26.98.
- <3> SLI6079 Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. July 2000. Report on trial trenching on land at Tumby.. TMB 00.
- <4> SLI6080 Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. July 2000. Archive of trial trenching on land at Tumby.. LCNCC 2000.39.
- <5> SLI8274 Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2002. Land at Tumby II. TUM 02.
- <6> SLI8275 Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2002. Land at Tumby II. LCNCC:2002.6.
- <7> SLI10545 Report: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2005. Tumby Quarry: Archaeological Excavations. TMB 04: p.5.
- <8> SLI10546 Archive: Lindsey Archaeological Services. 2005. Tumby Quarry: Archaeological Excavations. LCNCC 2004.195.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 235 601 (668m by 1242m) (3 map features) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TATTERSHALL THORPE, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
| Civil Parish | TUMBY, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Sep 21 2021 1:08PM
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