Wiltshire and Swindon Sites and Monument Record Information

SMR Number

SU06NE161

Site Name

Beckhampton Firs

Grid Ref

SU07356773

Parish

Bishops Cannings

Photographs

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District

Kennet

Site Type

Unassociated finds

Period

Bronze Age

Finds

Worked flint

X Y Grid Ref

407350, 167730

Altitude

167.64 metres

Geology

Lower Chalk

Description

Nine flint flake tools were found during an evaluation excavation in 1999.

Details

A total of nine unretouched flint flakes, eight from layer 05 of an evaluation excavation in 1999, and one form layer 06. They can be dated no more closely than Neolithic - Bronze Age.

World Heritage Site

Yes

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