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HER 1717 - Mesolithic settlement, Farnham

Mesolithic (Maglemose Mid Tardenoisian) occupation site at Bourne Mill Spring, on the corporation sewage farm at Farnham. Eighteen pits were located by Rankine of which four were excavated between 1937-8. The dwellings were irregular hollows with no evidence of structures other than a solitary posthole. A mass of flints, both in and around the pits, indicates a flake tool industry which relates to Horsham. A selection of the finds is held in the British Museum, the Rankine Collection, Guildford Museum (Acc No S 3736) and at Cambridge University. A stone pillar has been erected at the site and bears the inscription “Site of Mesolithic Dwellings c 6000 BC Discovered 1930. Excavated 1937-8.” For other material from the site see HER 2155, 2156, 2157 and 2158.

Monument Information
Record TypeMonument
ConditionDestroyed
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Location
Grid ReferenceSU 852 479
ParishFarnham
Parish (old)Farnham
DistrictWaverley, Surrey
Map SquareSU84NE
Type and Period
Evidence TypeMonument TypeDate Range:
Finds: flint
Finds: stone artefact(s)
SUB SURFACE DEPOSIT
POST HOLE
SETTLEMENT
Prehistoric
Mesolithic

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Ref: Surrey Archaeological Collections
Ref: Not held by Surrey SMR?
44Surrey HER1 part24-46

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