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Find Spot record MDR6588 - Palaeolithic flint scraper and blade, Creswell Crags, Hodthorpe and Belph

Type and Period (1)

  • (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

SK 536 745 Creswell Crags, Palaeolithic Flint Blade and Scraper. Large blade fragment of Palaeolithic date, with modern breaks found in CCVC Field 2, at SK 5360 7449. (1) Heavily patinated and damaged Upper Palaeolithic endscraper and a natural piece from the same field at SK 5362 7459, the highest area of the field immediately behind the outcrop that is now ploughed. Found 25-Sep-1976. (4, 5)

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Index: North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust (NDAT). North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust Index: 2663. 2663.
  • <2> Archive: Jenkinson, R. 1976. Field Notes 1, 20, 1976, Creswell Crags Visitor Centre.
  • <3> Bibliographic reference: Creswell Heritage Trust. Creswell Crags artefact in Creswell Crags Visitor Centre.
  • <4> Index: North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust (NDAT). North Derbyshire Archaeological Trust Index: 2643. 2643.
  • <5> Bibliographic reference: Creswell Heritage Trust. Creswell Crags artefact A140 in Creswell Crags Visitor Centre. A140.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 536 745 (100m by 100m) (Centre)
Civil Parish HODTHORPE AND BELPH, BOLSOVER, DERBYSHIRE

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Jun 12 2017 4:43PM

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