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| Name: | Palaeolithic Flint Handaxe, Kenwick Farm, Legbourne |
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| HER Number: | MLI41847 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Summary
Palaeolithic flint handaxe, found on land at Kenwick Farm, Legbourne.
| Grid Reference: | TF 345 851 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF38NW |
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| Parish: | LEGBOURNE, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE |
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Full description
A palaeolithic flint handaxe was found in 1930, on land at Kenwick Farm, Legbourne. The axe was ovate in shape, and was donated to Louth Museum. Later prehistoric worked flints were also recovered from the same area c.1960 (see MLI126893). {1}{2}{3}
<1> Lincolnshire County Council, Sites and Monuments Record Card Index, TF 38 NW: K (Index). SLI2881.
<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Card Index, TF 38 NW: 16 (Index). SLI2344.
<3> Wessex Archaeology, 1996, The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 9 (Great Ouse Drainage) and 12 (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Wolds, p.142 (Unpublished Document). SLI4828.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 10001 BC)
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Index: Lincolnshire County Council. Sites and Monuments Record Card Index. TF 38 NW: K. |
| <2> | Index: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Card Index. TF 38 NW: 16. |
| <3> | Unpublished Document: Wessex Archaeology. 1996. The English Rivers Palaeolithic Project: Regions 9 (Great Ouse Drainage) and 12 (Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Wolds. p.142. |
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