Monument record 955/1/1 - Mesolithic/Neolithic Features
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Summary
A tree throw recorded close to the eastern limit of excavation in Area 2 contained Mesolithic/Neolithic flint, including a simple scraper. Truncating the centre of the throw was a smaller concave pit which contained a small abraded sherd of undiagnostic prehistoric pottery along with 13 pieces of worked flint, including several blades dating to the Mesolithic or early Neolithic.
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Type and Period (3)
Full Description
{1} Evidence of Mesolithic/Neolithic activity is extremely sparse with just two features dated to this period.
A tree throw recorded close to the eastern limit of excavation in Area 2 contained Mesolithic/Neolithic flint, including a simple scraper. Truncating the centre of the throw was a smaller concave pit which contained a small abraded sherd of undiagnostic prehistoric pottery along with 13 pieces of worked flint, including several blades dating to the Mesolithic or early Neolithic. Recovery of debitage and two refitting pieces suggest flint working in the immediate vicinity, if not within the original tree hollow, the fragments being residually deposited within the later cut.
South of the tree throw, within a group of pits recorded at the south-east corner of Area 2, a sub-circular pit measuring 1.90m x 0.64m x 0.33m deep contained naturally deposited silts but also a leaf-shaped arrowhead diagnostic of early Neolithic industries.
<1> Hall R., 2008, Excavations at Priors Hall, Northamptonshire, 2006: An Iron Age and Romano-British Ironworking Complex, p.8 (checked) (Report). SNN106586.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SNN106586 Report: Hall R.. 2008. Excavations at Priors Hall, Northamptonshire, 2006: An Iron Age and Romano-British Ironworking Complex. Archaeological Project Services Report. APS. p.8 (checked).
Finds (6)
- WORKED OBJECT (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC) Quantity: Some
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC) Quantity: 1
- SHERD (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD) Quantity: 1
- BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Early Neolithic - 10000 BC to 3001 BC) Quantity: Some
- DEBITAGE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC) Quantity: Some
- LEAF ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC) Quantity: 1
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Location
Grid reference | SP 92912 90105 (point) Approximate |
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Civil Parish | WELDON, North Northamptonshire (formerly Corby District) |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- None recorded
Record last edited
Jun 22 2021 4:22PM