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Find Spot record MDR23 - Mesolithic flint scatter, Oaken Clough, Tintwistle

Type and Period (1)

  • (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

Microliths and flint cores found in erosion patches by F. Hepworth. (1, 3) Microliths, 100% grey chert reported by J Radley. (2)

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Index: North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust (NDAT). North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust Index: 1924. 1924.
  • <2> Article in serial: Radley, J. 1968. 'A Mesolithic structure at Sheldon, with a note on chert as a raw material on Mesolithic sites in the South Pennines', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 88, pp 26-36, plan.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: Wymer, J J (ed). 1977. Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales: Council for British Archaeology (CBA) Research Report 20.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SE 055 012 (100m by 100m) (Centre)
Civil Parish TINTWISTLE, HIGH PEAK, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

May 26 2015 3:42PM

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