Find Spot record 7636/0/0 - Unstratified Neolithic and Bronze Age flints
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{1} SP932650. Observation, fieldwalking and metal detecting during various stages of ploughing and amongst stubble revealed a surface scatter of flint cores. Waste flakes, blade flakes, retouched flakes, various scraper types, of mostly Neolithic but some of early Bronze Age Date. Other finds included one leaf arrowhead, one large microlith, three flint knives, one laurel leaf-point arrowhead and one reworked fragment of a Langdale polished stone axe.
SP931649. Lithic scatter observed during ploughing between August 1992 and January 1993. Cores and waste flakes, with a few scrapers, mostly of Neolithic date.
<1> Richardson M., 1993-4, Irchester, 25/184 (checked) (Note). SNN104167.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SNN104167 Note: Richardson M.. 1993-4. Irchester. Northamptomshire Archaeology. 25. 25/184 (checked).
Finds (13)
- CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC) Quantity: Some
- FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC) Quantity: Some
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC) Quantity: Some
- MICROLITH (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD) Quantity: 1
- LEAF ARROWHEAD (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD) Quantity: 1
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC) Quantity: Some
- FLAKE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC) Quantity: Some
- BLADE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC) Quantity: Some
- CORE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC) Quantity: Some
- WASTE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC) Quantity: Some
- POLISHED AXEHEAD (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD) Quantity: Part of
- LAUREL LEAF (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD) Quantity: 1
- KNIFE (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD) Quantity: 3
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 9310 6490 (100m by 101m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | IRCHESTER, North Northamptonshire (formerly Wellingborough District) |
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- None recorded
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- None recorded
Record last edited
Jan 10 2014 4:13PM
