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Monument Number 45228
Hob Uid: 45228
Location : Lancashire Rossendale Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SD8600023000
Summary : A flint arrowhead, a flint scraper and microliths have been found in the BAcup Moor and Knowl Hill area.
More information : At a meeting of the Society on March 31st, 1885, Mr G.C Yates exhibited: "A beautifully - worked flint arrow head, in perfect condition, and a flint scraper, found by him on a recent ramble over the moors, near Bacup. It was found in situ in a place from which about eight feet of turf had been taken." (1) Wymer lists some 967 microliths found 'in the Bacup area', including Knowl Hill and circa 10 others, held by Mr Chew and the Bacup NHS.(2)

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Source details : Trans Lancashire Cheshire Ant Soc Vol 3, 1885, p.175.
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Source details : Wymer J J ed 1977 Gazetteer of Mesolithic Sites in England and Wales CBA Res Rpt 20 162
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Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Findspot
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Period : Uncertain
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : ARROW, SCRAPER (TOOL)
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External Cross Reference Number : SD 82 SE 7
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Monument Number 45228