Monument record M18328 - Mesolithic flint working site at Tiln, Hayton
Summary
Location
Grid reference | SK 69500 84100 (point) |
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Map sheet | SK68SE |
District | Bassetlaw |
Civil Parish | Hayton, Bassetlaw |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
A dense cluster of flintwork some 100m x 170m on a promontory running approximately parallel with the present course of the river. Remarkably, the collection is all Mesolithic except in the N part of the scatter where some BA flint was recovered. The scatter includes two areas where diagnostic material is clustered; one contains the full range of classic Mesolithic types. This tool range, coupled with its rivurine location, would suggest a lowland 'home base' of migratory hunters and gatherers. The variability in the number of flints per test pit show that the preserved scatter below the ploughsoil does not have an even density. … the test pits … including spalls indicative of a knapping focus. (1)
<1> TPAT, Feb 1994, Tarmac Tiln South Evaluation Report to Tarmac Quarry Products, pp 13, 28 (Unpublished document). SNT2153.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SNT2153 Unpublished document: TPAT. Feb 1994. Tarmac Tiln South Evaluation Report to Tarmac Quarry Products. pp 13, 28.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 19 2023 7:34PM