Monument record MDR10231 - Artefact scatter, north-east of Elmton Lodge Farm, Elmton
Type and Period (1)
- ARTEFACT SCATTER (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Flint material collected during fieldwalking in the field centred on SK 49897254 included 16 flakes, of which 3 are retouched, and 7 fragments of miscellaneous flint waste. The fieldwalking was carried out in early February 1985. This field is included on a distribution map of fields yielding tools and debitage of Neolithic date as well as of possible Mesolithic date. Additional material collected included six body sherds and one spout fragment of late medieval date, 18 post-medieval sherds and 33 modern sherds, ten fragments of glass, three fragments of glass slag, two fragments of metal slag and thirteen clay pipe stems. (1, 2)
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SDR19661 Archive: Knight, D (TPAT). 1984-1986. Fieldwalking Survey of Elmton - archive fieldwalking sheets held in the SMR. Acc. No. E55.
- <2> SDR18656 Article in serial: Knight, D, Garton, D, & Leary, R (TPAT). 1998. 'The Elmton fieldwalking survey: prehistoric and Romano-British artefact scatters', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 118, pp 69-85.
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Location
Grid reference | Centred SK 49917 72547 (252m by 214m) |
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Civil Parish | ELMTON, BOLSOVER, DERBYSHIRE |
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Record last edited
Jun 12 2017 4:29PM