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Find Spot record MDR22967 - Possibly Mesolithic Flint, Middleton Common, off Green Lane, Middleton and Smerrill

Type and Period (1)

  • (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

Three pieces of worked flint, one identified as possibly Mesolithic in date, were recovered during a watching brief carried out over the excavation of a pipeline. The finds were residual, but the potentially dated find was recovered from subsoil. The drawing within the report appears to show a flake, possibly a scrapper, with a clearly retouched edge. (1)

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Jackson, R (ARCUS). 2009. Middleton Common, Middleton, Derbyshire: Archaeological Watching Brief.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 1740 6284 (0m by 1m)
Civil Parish MIDDLETON AND SMERRILL, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • EDR4655

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Record last edited

Mar 1 2020 8:22PM

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