Monument record MLI82463 - Late Neolithic to early Bronze Age activity, Billingborough
Summary
Some evidence for pre middle Bronze Age activity on an excavated site in Billingborough parish
Type and Period (2)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Middle Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
- INHUMATION (Early Bronze Age - 2200 BC? to 1501 BC?)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
PRN 35513
During excavations on a Bronze Age to Iron Age site in Billingborough parish some evidence for earlier activity was found. A single sherd of late Neolithic Peterborough-style pottery was recognised as well as some sherds of early Bronze Age Food Vessel and Collared Urn. There were also finds of a jet bead and a fragment of stone axe-hammer. The finds were unstratified.
There was also a grave which may have been a disturbed early Bronze Age burial. There was a second much disturbed inhumation burial about 40 metres north-east of the first grave.
The flint assemblage from the excavation may relate, in part, to the middle to late Bronze Age occupation of the site (PRN 33304) but it is likely that the majority of the flints are late Neolithic to early Bronze Age and reflect activity on the site before the occupation phases. Consequently, the flint assemblage from the excavation is recorded in this monument record.
The ratio of debitage to retouched flakes in the assemblage suggests that, although some flint knapping had taken place on site, the working of flint took place elsewhere. {1} {2}
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SLI7301 Bibliographic Reference: Peter Chowne, Rosamund Cheal and A.P. Fitzpatrick. 2001. Excavations at Billingborough, Lincolnshire, 1975-78: a Bronze-Iron Age settlement and saltern site. pp.7, 26-31, 89..
- <2> SLI7302 Archive: South Lincolnshire Archaeological Unit. 1996. Excavations at Billingborough 1975-78. LCNCC 173.1996.
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 12724 33266 (140m by 120m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BILLINGBOROUGH, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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