Find Spot record 0482401000 - MANSFIELD FARM, IVER HEATH: flint finds

Summary

Over 700 examples of Mesolithic to Neolithic worked flint found during fieldwalking and during the digging of the Iver to Arkley pipeline

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (2)

  • FLINT SCATTER (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LITHIC WORKING SITE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)

Description

A collection of worked flint was gathered whilst carrying out a field evaluation of the pipeline's route across Mansfield Farm, Iver. A total of 733 humanly struck flints were recovered (584 flakes, 106 blades, 33 cores, and 10 tools). It is suggested that the assemblage is more reminiscent of tool production than tool use. A further 77 humanly struck flints were recovered during topsoil clearence (64 flakes, 3 blades, 3 cores, and 7 tools). The assemblage was judged to be comparable to that found during fieldwalking (B3).
The struck flint finds appears to concentrate in stints to the east of TQ 0388 8417 - namely stints L (13 fire cracked fragments and 21 struck flints including a core and a scraper), M (6 fire cracked flints and 13 struck), M (6 fire cracked flints and 13 struck), N (6 fire cracked flints and 8 struck), O (4 fire cracked flints and 19 struck), P (2 fire cracked flintsand 13 struck flints including 4 cores) and Q (4 fire cracked flisnt and 10 struck including 1 core and a scraper)(B4).

Sources (2)

  • <3>SBC19147 Unpublished document: RPS Clouston. 1994. Iver to Arkley Pipeline Archaeology.
  • <4>SBC20120 Unpublished document: RPS Coulston. 1998. Summary of finds made during topsoil stripping at Mansfield Farm for the Iver to Arkley Pipeline.

Location

Grid reference TQ 03883 84170 (point)
Civil Parish IVER, South Bucks, Buckinghamshire

Finds (3)

  • BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • CORE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Event - Intervention: Fieldwalking and watching brief (EBC16315)
  • Event - Survey: Geophysical survey at Uxbridge Moor, Iver (EBC18655)

Record last edited

Sep 11 2024 10:36AM

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