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HER Number (PRN):04632
Name:Find Spot in 1993 of flint flakes including an arrowhead and scraper at Lacon Childe School, Cleobru Mortimer
Type of Record:Find Spot
Protected Status:Conservation Area: Cleobury Mortimer

Monument Type(s):

  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 700 BC?)

Summary

A number of flint flakes, including a thumb nail scraper and an arrowhead of late Neolithic / Early Bronze Age date were found in the excavation of Trench C, one of five trenches dug during an archaeological evaluation at Lacon Childe School.

Parish:Cleobury Mortimer, South Shropshire, Shropshire
Map Sheet:SO67NE
Grid Reference:SO 6741 7589

Related records

03248Related to: Cleobury Mortimer Castle (Monument)

Associated Finds

  • FSA1109 - ARROWHEAD (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 2900 BC? to 1600 BC?)
  • FSA1113 - FLAKE (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 2900 BC? to 1600 BC?)
  • FSA1523 - SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 2900 BC? to 1600 BC?)

Associated Events

  • ESA2938 - 1993 evaluation at Lacon Childe School by SCCAS

Description

A number of flint flakes, including a thumb nail scraper and an arrowhead of late Neolithic / Early Bronze Age date were found in the excavation of Trench C, one of five trenches dug during an archaeological evaluation at Lacon Childe School. <1>


<00> Shropshire County Council SMR, SMR Sheets Collection, SMR Sheet for PRN SA 04632 (Card index). SSA20723.


<01> Hannaford Hugh R, 1993, An Archaeological Evaluation at the Lacon Childe School, Cleobury Mortimer, p4, p6 (Excavation report). SSA8387.

Sources

[00]SSA20723 - Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. SMR Sheets Collection. SMR record sheets. SMR Sheet for PRN SA 04632.
[01]SSA8387 - Excavation report: Hannaford Hugh R. 1993. An Archaeological Evaluation at the Lacon Childe School, Cleobury Mortimer. SCCAS Rep. 39. p4, p6.
Date Last Edited:Oct 3 2014 12:40PM