Find Spot record 0779800000 - Fields north of Wellwick Farm

A small group of worked flint comprising 13 pieces was recorded by Cotswold Archaeology during fielwalking in March 2013 in advance of the proposed HS2 railway line. Raw material consists of grey or dark grey/black flint, none of which is patinated. As is typical for a surface-collected group, the worked flint exhibits moderate or high levels of breakage and/or edge damage. The group includes a single piece with secondary working; an end/side scraper, from F2/A/80. The remainder consists of flakes or blades without secondary working or clear indications of utilisation. Blade-like removals (including broken pieces) were identified from F1/B/60, F2/A/120 and F2/V/0. These may be indicative of Mesolithic or earlier Neolithic activity. The remainder, including the scraper, are not able to be dated. The lithics group exhibits a general tendency to the southern part of the survey area, with nine pieces recorded from field 1 and the southern portion of field 2. The group is, however, small and unlikely to indicate intensive (earlier) prehistoric activity in the immediate area (B1).