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Summary

Late Mesolithic to early Bronze Age flints were found during excavations on land to the southeast of Dyke, Bourne

Full description

PRN 38895
Six flints and and an early Bronze Age potsherd were found during the Fenland Project, Lincolnshire Survey (Site Ref. BOU28). {1}
Archaeological excavations carried out in August 2007, in advance of works to install a watermain across land to the southeast of Dyke, resulted in the recovery of 63 pieces of struck or worked flint of late Mesolithic to early Bronze Age date. The majority of the assemblage was either unstratified or occurred residually in later, mostly Romano-British, contexts. However, three flints were associated with pre-Roman alluvial deposits: a serrated flint blade with late Mesolithic/early Neolithic characteristics, a flint flake of late Neolithic/early Bronze Age character, and an early Neolithic flint core. A group of 13 pieces of flints occurred in the fill of a sub-oval pit, which also produced a potsherd of probable or possible Roman date. Datable examples in the group were generally attributable to the early Neolithic (7 pieces), although a late Neolithic to early Bronze Age piece was present in the assemblage. {2}{3}

<1> Hayes, P. P. and Lane, T. W., 1992, The Fenland Project No.5: Lincolnshire Survey, the South-West Fens, BOU28 (Bibliographic Reference). SLI1079.

<2> Lindsey Archaeological Services, Nov 2008, Bourne to Guthram Water Main: Archaeological Excavation, BGWM07 (Report). SLI12504.

<3> Lindsey Archaeological Services, Nov 2008, Bourne to Guthram Water Main: Archaeological Excavation, 2007.109 (Archive). SLI12505.

Monument Types

• ARTEFACT SCATTER (Late Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 7000 BC to 1501 BC)

Associated Finds

• BLADE (Late Mesolithic - 7000 BC to 4001 BC)
• BURIN (Late Mesolithic to Middle Neolithic - 7000 BC to 3001 BC)
• SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Mesolithic to Middle Neolithic - 7000 BC to 3001 BC)
• BLADE (Early Neolithic to Middle Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
• CORE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
• LEAF ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic to Middle Neolithic - 4000 BC to 3001 BC)
• FLAKE (Middle Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
• TRIANGULAR ARROWHEAD (Middle Neolithic to Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
• SHERD (Early Bronze Age - 2200 BC to 1501 BC)

Associated Events

• Archaeological Excavations on the Route of the Bourne to Guthram Water Main

Protected Status

• SHINE

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