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695
Date Entered
10/03/2013
Updated on
10/03/2013
Recorded by
Tim Laurie
Category
Lithic Find / Scatter
Record Type
Archaeology
Site Access
Private
Record Date
01/01/2005
Location
River Tees, South Bank. Downstream from Whorlton Bridge.
Civil Parish
Not known
Brit. National Grid
Hidden
Altitude
126m
Geology
Drift over Namurian strata
Record Name
Surface collection of lithic finds, white patinated flint with backed point of Early Mesolithic character, as Deepcar.
Record Description
Surface collection of lithic finds, all of white patinated flint with backed point of Early Mesolithic character, Deepcar Type.
Dimensions
See photographs.
Additional Notes
This small surface scatter, together with the similar lithic scatters at Wynch bridge and at Towler Hill is further evidence for the presence of occasional Occupation Sites on the north bank of the Tees which date to the 8th Millenium BC.
References:
Coggins, D., Laurie, T.C. and Young, R.1989.'The Late upper palaeolithic and Mesolithic of the North Pennine Dales in the light of recent fieldwork.' in: C. Bonsall(ed.) 'The Mesolithic in Europe.' (Edinburgh).164-175.
Radley, J. and Mellars, P.1964: A mesolithic Structure at Deepcar, Yorkshire, England, and the affinities of its associated Flint Industries.1-24'
Penny Spikens, 1996. 'Rivers, Boundaries and Change: A Hypothesis of Changing Settlement patterns in the Mesolithic of Northern England.' In: Tony Pollard and Alex Morrison, Eds. 'The Early Prehistory Of Scotland', Edinburgh University Press.
Image 1 ID
4143 Click image to enlarge
Image 1 Description
All from north bank of the R. Tees except No 1 which is the stray find, a backed point, from south of the Tees, see SWAAG Record 694