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Monument record MDR104 - Flint scatter, near Brier Low, Hartington Upper Quarter

Type and Period (1)

  • (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)

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  • None recorded

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Many Neolithic/Bronze Age flints were collected by Micah Salt in an area covering forty square feet in a field near Brier Low (Brier Low is at SK 088686). These included six or seven cores, several scrapers, one of which was horse-shoe shaped, about a dozen ridge flakes and many fragments. (1). The total number of flints is given as c.100. (2).

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Article in serial: Ward, J. 1900. 'On Mr Salt's diggings around Buxton', Journal of the British Archaeological Association. Volume 6. p224.
  • <2> Index: NDAT. 1167.

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Grid reference Centred SK 088 687 (589m by 595m) (Centre)
Civil Parish HARTINGTON UPPER QUARTER, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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Jul 2 2019 4:02PM

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