Find Spot record MLI99375 - Late Mesolithic or Early Neolithic Flint Blade, Horncastle

Summary

A late Mesolithic or early Neolithic flint blade from Horncastle.

Type and Period (1)

  • (Late Mesolithic to Middle Neolithic - 7000 BC to 3001 BC)

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Full Description

A single piece of struck flint, the distal fragment of a blade, was recovered during a programme of archaeological fieldwork conducted at No. 7, The Wong, Horncastle. The techno-typological attributes of this artefact are indicative of a human presence during the Mesolithic or early Neolithic. {1}{2}

Sources/Archives (2)

  •  Report: Pre-Construct Archaeological Services Ltd. 2012. 7, The Wong, Horncastle. PCAS site code: TWHE12.
  •  Archive: Pre-Construct Archaeological Services Ltd. 2012. 7, The Wong, Horncastle. LCNCC 2012.25.

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Location

Grid reference TF 2595 6939 (point) Estimated from sources
Civil Parish HORNCASTLE, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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