Element record L12288 - Bronze Age animal bone from Borrow pit 1, Staythorpe
Summary
Location
Grid reference | SK 76799 53799 (point) |
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Map sheet | SK75SE |
District | Newark |
Civil Parish | Staythorpe, Newark |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Two antlers and several timbers were recovered, one antler from palaeochannel A and one from the adjacent gravels. … Both [were] red deer antlers. A large antler with part of the skull still attached. Had been worked with a groove cut 1/4 of the way around the beam. The groove is 'v' shaped and made by a stone tool. The second antler had been shed and showed no evidence of working. (1)
See L12287 for mesolithic human remains and animal bones
<1> ARCUS, Mar 2001, Interim Statement on the Archaeological Works at Staythorpe Power Station, Nottinghamshire, pp 4, 9, 10 (Unpublished document). SNT2532.
<2> ARCUS, Apr 2001, A Palaeoenvironmental Study and Watching Brief on Borrow Pits at Staythorpe Power Station, Staythorpe, Nottinghamshire (Unpublished document). SNT2533.
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SNT2532 Unpublished document: ARCUS. Mar 2001. Interim Statement on the Archaeological Works at Staythorpe Power Station, Nottinghamshire. pp 4, 9, 10.
- <2> SNT2533 Unpublished document: ARCUS. Apr 2001. A Palaeoenvironmental Study and Watching Brief on Borrow Pits at Staythorpe Power Station, Staythorpe, Nottinghamshire.
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 19 2023 7:34PM