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Name:Neolithic Flints, Denton
HER Number:MLI30002
Type of record:Monument

Summary

Worked Neolithic flints, found on land to the north of Denton.

Grid Reference:SK 857 341
Map Sheet:SK83SE
Parish:DENTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

A scatter of worked Neolithic flints was found in 1956, on land to the north of Denton. The assemblage included borers, scrapers, knives and a leaf-shaped arrowhead. {1}{2}{3}


<1> Lincolnshire County Council, Sites and Monuments Record Card Index, SK 83 SE: E (Index). SLI2881.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Card Index, SK 83 SE: 1 (Index). SLI2344.

<3> D.F. Petch, 1959-60, 'Archaeological Notes for 1958' in Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers, vol.8, p.5 (Article in Serial). SLI659.

Monument Types

  • FLINT SCATTER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Associated Finds

  • BORER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)
  • KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)
  • LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2201 BC)

Sources and further reading

<1>Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. SK 83 SE: E.
<2>Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SK 83 SE: 1.
<3>Article in Serial: D.F. Petch. 1959-60. 'Archaeological Notes for 1958' in Lincolnshire Architectural and Archaeological Society Reports and Papers. vol.8, p.5.