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1901.67.5

Multi platform flint core with two oblique platforms. [MN 21/10/2008]

1901.67.5

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Collection type
Object
Description
Multi platform flint core with two oblique platforms. [MN 21/10/2008]
Long description
Multi platform flint core with two oblique platforms. The flint has a whitish grey patina on all surfaces. [MN 21/10/2008]
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Carter
Field collector T.J. Carter
Field collector Thomas James Carter
PRM source Carter
PRM source Thomas James Carter
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Neolithic, uncertain
Date collected
By 1901
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1901
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Thick: max 30 mm, Length: max 44 mm, Width: max 36 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1901.67.5
Research and responses

This appears to be called Grim's Ditch. See article British Archaeology 1998, no 33 http://www.britarch.ac.uk/BA/ba33/ba33regs.html [AP 02/08/2006]

The site of Grim's Ditch is recorded in the Oxfordshire Historic Environment Record [HER] under PRN 8900. The site is now also a Scheduled Ancient Monument [monument number OX32]. [MN 21/10/2008]

A section of Grim's Ditch at Mongewell was excavated in 1974 by Hinchliffe. The report can be found in the 1975 volume of Oxoniensia [the journal of the Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society]. The full reference is - Hinchliffe, J. 1975. Excavations at Grim’s Ditch, Mongewell. Oxoniensia 40: 122 - 136. [MN 24/10/2008]

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