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583
Date Entered
24/07/2012
Updated on
24/07/2012
Recorded by
Tim Laurie
Category
Lithic Find / Scatter
Record Type
Archaeology
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 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.
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.