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{1} (Various locations) Flint scatters of various tool types and waste products:
1. Flint scatter covering an area of 60x185m. Two Mesolithic axe fragments were also found during ploughing between 1991-3.
2. A small area of worked flint, including cores, flakes, blades and two scrapers.
3. Flint scatters across most of a field but well dispersed due to ploughing. The flintwork consists of cores, flakes, blades, knives and scrapers. Also one leaf shaped and one tanged and barbed arrowhead
4. A flint scraper, covering an area of about 10 square metres, compriding cores, blades, scrapers and waste flakes.
5. A small Neolithic arrowhead made from brownish flint.
6. A Neolithic laurel leaf point made from black flint.
7. A tranchet axe measuring 90mm x 30mm tapering to 20mm broad and 20mm tapering to 3mm at the tip.
8. A leaf shaped arrowhead made from black flint.
9. A large mottled brown flake from a polished flint axe, reused as a scraper. Also cores, flakes, knives, blades, utilised flints and scrapers. Similar material was found at two other locations in the same field.


<1> Patenall M, 1993-4, Wellingborough, 25/185 (checked) (Note). SNN104154.

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  • <1> Note: Patenall M. 1993-4. Wellingborough. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 25. 25/185 (checked).

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Location

Grid reference SP 89 68 (point) Unknown
Civil Parish WELLINGBOROUGH, North Northamptonshire (formerly Wellingborough District)

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Record last edited

Jan 23 2014 4:28PM

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