Find Spot record 0/0/115 - Unlocated Mesolithic and Neolithic flint finds
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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.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SNN104154 Note: Patenall M. 1993-4. Wellingborough. Northamptonshire Archaeology. 25. 25/185 (checked).
Finds (14)
- AXE (TOOL) (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC) Quantity: 2
- ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC) Quantity: 1
- LAUREL LEAF (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC) Quantity: 1
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD) Quantity: 1
- CHISEL (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC) Quantity: 1
- LEAF ARROWHEAD (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD) Quantity: 2
- CORE (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD) Quantity: Some
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD) Quantity: Some
- BLADE (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD) Quantity: Some
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD) Quantity: Some
- KNIFE (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD) Quantity: Some
- BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD) Quantity: 1
- AXE (TOOL) (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD) Quantity: 1
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD) Quantity: Some
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Location
Grid reference | SP 89 68 (point) Unknown |
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Civil Parish | WELLINGBOROUGH, North Northamptonshire (formerly Wellingborough District) |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- None recorded
Record last edited
Jan 23 2014 4:28PM