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***SWAAG_ID***	583
Date Entered	24/07/2012
Updated on	24/07/2012
Recorded by	Tim Laurie
Category	Lithic Find / Scatter
Record Type	Archaeology
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Site Description
Site Access	Private
Record Date	01/01/2005
Location	R. Tees. Upper Teesdale.
Civil Parish	Holwick
Brit. National Grid	Hidden
Altitude	250m
Geology	Dolerite, Whin cill.
Record Name
Record Description	Lithic scatter with both broad blade (Early mesolithic) and narrow blade rod microliths (Late Mesolithic) and other finds including a perforated shale disc idicating occupation at a riverside location from the Early Mesolithic (circa 8000BC) to the Late Mesolithic (Circa 7000BC). Reference: Coggins, D., Laurie T. and Young,R. 1985. 'The Late Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of the North Pennine Dales in the light of recent fieldwork.' In Bonsall, C.(ed) The Mesolithic in Europe.Papers presented at the Third International Symposium. Edinburgh.
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Tree Site ID	0
Associated Site SWAAG ID	0
Additional Notes	The lithic finds had eroded from the river bank which has now been consolidated and no further finds have been made since the original discovery of this site during the 1970's by the Late Dennis Coggins.
Image 1 ID	3178 Click image to enlarge
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