SNN104154 - Wellingborough
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Type | Note |
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Title | Wellingborough |
Author/Originator | Patenall M |
Date/Year | 1993-4 |
Abstract/Summary
(Various locations) Flint scatters of various tool types and waste products. Flint scatter covering an area of 60x185m. Two Mesolithic axe fragments were also found during ploughing between 1991-3. A small area of worked flint, including cores, flakes, blades and two scrapers. Flint scatters across most of a field but well dispersed due to ploughing. The flintwork consists of cores, flakes, blades, knoves and scrapers. Also one leaf shapen and one tanged and abrbed arrowhead (Various locations) A small Neolithic arrowhead made from brownish flint. A Neolithic laurel leaf point made from black flint. A tranchet axe measuring 90mm x 30mm tapering to 20m broad and 20m tapering to 3mm at the tip. A leaf shaped arrowhead made from black flint. 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.
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Location
NCC Archives Service, Heritage Team SMR Library
Referenced Monuments (1)
- 0/0/115 Unlocated Mesolithic and Neolithic flint finds (Find Spot)
Referenced Events (1)
- ENN103519 Finds 'from Wellingborough', 1991-3
Record last edited
Jan 23 2014 4:10PM