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Summary

Neolithic and Bronze Age finds from south east of Salmonby

Full description

42743
THE FIELD KNOWN AS SANDY KNOBBS HAS NOT ONLY REVEALED FINDS OF ANGLO SAXON DATE BUT ALSO VARIOUS FRAGMENTS OF EARLY BRONZE AGE BEAKER POTTERY. NO SIGNS OF OCCUPATION OR BURIAL WERE NOTED IN THE AREA (TF 333 730 - formerly 42563). {1}{4}{5}
A COLLARED BEAKER AND SPALL OF A WELL POLISHED STONE AXE ARE IN LINCOLN CITY AND COUNTY MUSEUM. {1}{2}{3}
ASSOCIATED WITH THE BRONZE AGE FINDS ON SANDY KNOBBS, AT TF 333 730, ARE VARIOUS FINDS OF NEOLITHIC DATE. THESE INCLUDE SCRAPERS, A POLISHED FLINT KNIFE, FRAGMENTS OF POLISHED STONE AXE AND A SHERD OF MORTLAKE WARE POTTERY. {1}{4}

<1> OS CARD INDEX, TF 37 SW 10,1962, DA; 32, 1971 (Index). SLI2703.

<2> J.B. Whitwell and Catherine M. Wilson, 1969, LINCOLNSHIRE HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY, VOL3 P100 (Article in Serial). SLI774.

<3> 1969, CITY AND COUNTY MUSEUM COLLECTION 1969, LM3.69 (Artefact). SLI43.

<4> SMR FILE, TF 37 SW:AK1,3,4,6,7,8 (Index). SLI3240.

<5> 1954, CITY AND COUNTY MUSEUM COLLECTION 1954, LM 12.54 (Artefact). SLI28.

Monument Types

• ARTEFACT SCATTER (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 801 BC)

Associated Finds

• KNIFE (Early Neolithic to Late Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• POLISHED AXEHEAD (Early Neolithic to Late Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• POLISHED AXEHEAD (Early Neolithic to Late Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• SCRAPER (TOOL) (Early Neolithic to Late Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• SHERD (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 801 BC)

Protected Status

• SHINE

Sources and further reading

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