Monument record M5470 - Neolithic / Bronze Age settlement, Trent Valley, Gunthorpe

Summary

SETTLEMENT? (Neolithic to Late Bronze Age)

Location

Grid reference SK 67949 44900 (point)
Map sheet SK64SE
District Newark
Civil Parish Gunthorpe, Newark

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

In 1941, Mr Whitbread of Lowdham sent the author 4 small Neo implements he had found in the Trent valley at Gunthorpe. Since then many finds made. (1)
Flint arrowheads, scrapers and borers have been found, and in 1941-3, c 80 Neo implements were found following rain or ploughing, including burins, fabricators, scrapers, borers etc. (2)
In the Margidunum Museum are displayed and stored a number of worked flints including a leaf shaped arrowhead with rudimentary tang. Probably Neo/BA. Accompanying plans show the 2 areas in which the flints were found. (3)
Perambulation of sites revealed no finds. (4)


<1> Hind F, 1943, A History of Nottingham, p 7 (Published document). SNT776.

<2> Beckwith EGC, 1958, A History of Lowdham (Published document). SNT470.

<3> Woodhouse WC, 1960, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1438.

<4> Seaman BH, 1960, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT1243.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Published document: Hind F. 1943. A History of Nottingham. p 7.
  • <2> Published document: Beckwith EGC. 1958. A History of Lowdham.
  • <3> Personal comment: Woodhouse WC. 1960. Pers Comm.
  • <4> Personal comment: Seaman BH. 1960. Pers Comm.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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