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Find Spot record MDR5228 - Neolithic or Early Bronze Age flint blade, Stonelow Road, Dronfield

Type and Period (1)

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

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

A Neolithic or E.B.A. flint blade has been found in the garden of 198 Stonelow Road, Dronfield. (1) The above address was located but the tenant could not be contacted; the house is, c 1960 so the find was possibly made during building work. (2) L=37mm; B=13mm(max.). Blade serrated along both edges. (1-4)

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Article in serial: Oakley, R (East Midlands Committee of Field Archaeologists). 1960. East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin, 1960. Vol. 1.
  • <2> Bibliographic reference: F1 FRH 23-NOV-65.
  • <3> Index: NDAT 0770.
  • <4> Index: Preston, F L. 1956. Hunter Archaeological Society Index.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 3665 7897 (10m by 10m) (Centre)
Civil Parish DRONFIELD, NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE, DERBYSHIRE

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • EDR1331

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Record last edited

Sep 25 2017 4:37PM

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