Monument record MLI82615 - Late Bronze Age Pits, Tattershall Thorpe
Summary
Late Bronze Age pits, at Tattershall Thorpe.
Type and Period (2)
- PIT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 801 BC)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 801 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Two pits were recorded in this location, from which a probable late Bronze Age jar base and a late Bronze Age pyramidal loomweight were recovered. A large assemblage of worked flints was also recovered scattered over a wide area, along with late Bronze Age/early Iron Age pottery.{1}
The pottery included hard flint and sand tempered sherds of simple rims, hollow necks, angluar and finger-tipped shoulders, and flat bases. {2}{3}{4}
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SLI3434 Article in Monograph: Peter Chowne and Frances Healy. 1992. ‘The excavation of the Neolithic settlement site at Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire’ in Excavations on Redgate Hill, Hunstanton, Norfolk, and at Tattershall Thorpe, Lincolnshire. pp.80-117.
- <2> SLI1097 Bibliographic Reference: Peter Chowne and Frances Healy. 1985. TATTERSHALL THORPE. pp.25-31.
- <3> SLI769 Article in Serial: A.J. White (ed.). 1982. 'Archaeology in Lincolnshire, 1981' in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. vol.17, pp.74-5.
- <4> SLI2319 Index: NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORD. TF 26 SW: 19, 1992.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TF 2377 6086 (348m by 348m) Estimated from sources |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TATTERSHALL THORPE, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (2)
- Event - Intervention: Tattershall Thorpe Excavations (ELI87)
- Event - Intervention: Trenching at Tattershall Thorpe (ELI88)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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