Element record L4400 - Palaeolithic flint tool, Welbeck

Summary

FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic)

Location

Grid reference SK 56959 73680 (point)
Map sheet SK57SE
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Welbeck, Bassetlaw

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Middle Pa flint tool found at 4ft 6in, 1956. Levalloisian. (1)
The implement, which was found by Mr FD Lowe, has a frost damaged platform, and is regarded as the most northerly Levalloisian flake tool found in Britain. (2)
The flake has been claimed as Levallois, but has lost the diagnostic features through damage. (4)
In SCM. The indicated find spot, now under grass, is adjacent to the Great Lake, Welbeck. (5)


<1> Unknown, undtd, OS Corr 6in, SCM (Map). SNT1088.

<2> Antiquity eds, 1958, Antiquity, pp 85-87 (Published document). SNT76.

<3> Prehistoric Society, 1963, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, p 378 (Published document). SNT288.

<4> Roe DA, 1968, A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites - CBA Research Report No 8, p 247 (Published document). SNT1208.

<5> Colquhoun FD, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT582.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Map: Unknown. undtd. OS Corr 6in, SCM.
  • <2> Published document: Antiquity eds. 1958. Antiquity. 38. pp 85-87.
  • <3> Published document: Prehistoric Society. 1963. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 29. p 378.
  • <4> Published document: Roe DA. 1968. A Gazetteer of British Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Sites - CBA Research Report No 8. CBA. p 247.
  • <5> Personal comment: Colquhoun FD. 1974. Pers Comm.

Finds (1)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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