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Natural PlacesSite Name: Farndon FieldsCountry: England County: Nottinghamshire Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Newark
Map Ref: SK794528
Latitude: 53.066551N Longitude: 0.816515W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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One season, a Stone Age hunter paused a while to make a flint tool to separate skin from flesh. The site at Farndon had periods of occupation over many years, possibly as a vantage point and a river crossing.
Research over the last two decades and particularly in the run-up to building the new A46, found evidence of flint tools, of a style normally only found in caves, such as Creswell Crags. They also found the Knapping Site where our hunter crouched knap the flint. Around was, further evidence of flint fragments. These flint tools are from a very specific part of the Stone Age, giving dating evidence for our hunters.
Ice Age Journeys is a community project to discover more about these Ice Age hunter gatherers. Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund we are undertaking a programme of research from 2012 until 2014. This will involve surveying, fieldwalking, some excavation, recording and publishing. We want to hear from people interested in the past who can spare some time to get involved in our Ice Age Journey.
More details at Ice Age Journeys
Note: Palaeolithic Flint tools at Farndon Fields, Sunday 21st July
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