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Monument Number 216364

Hob Uid: 216364
Location :
Wiltshire
Avebury
Grid Ref : SU0880071300
Summary : A single microlith found on Windmill Hill; circumstances of discovery uncertain. The item is now in Devizes Museum.
More information : SU 088713. One certain microlith of the 'bar' type,
found on Windmill Hill, Avebury, is now in Devizes Museum. (1)

Grinsell's gazetteer notes a microlith of 'rod' type from Windmill Hill, as well as cores of microlithic type, button scrapers, and "several petit tranchets". He also lists a perforated quartzite pebble used as a hammerstone under the heading 'Mesolithic or Later'. All are in Devizes Museum. (2)
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Source Number : 1
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Source details : Letter to W F Rankine (L V Grinsell 28.12.50)
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : Grinsell, LV. Archaeological Gazetteer
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Mesolithic
Display Date : Mesolithic
Monument End Date : -4000
Monument Start Date : -10000
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find
Components and Objects:
Period : Mesolithic
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : MICROLITH, SCRAPER (TOOL), CORE, PERFORATED OBJECT, HAMMERSTONE
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 07 SE 2
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Relationship type : General association
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Activity type : FIELD SURVEY
Start Date : 1997-08-01
End Date : 1998-12-01