Fieldwalking - Only two flints from field 3. One, a butt fragment of a narrow polished axe, the tip of which had subsequently been used as a piercer. Its fine quality finish, total polishing and narrow, pointed shape would suggest a prestige item, possibly originally from a monument or burial. (1)
See L12191,3 and L12037 for further finds in this section.

<1> TPAT, Feb 1996, Mansfield Southern Bypass. Interim Report on the Results of Fieldwalking, p 7 (Unpublished document). SNT2452.

<2> TPAU, Oct 1999, Mansfield Ashfield Regeneration Route. Cultural Heritage., p 89 (Unpublished document). SNT2450.