Monument 1212091

Early Mesolithic flint scatter at Rushy Brow, identified during a survey of Anglezarke and Rivington Moors by the Cumbria and Lancashire Archaeological Unit. Excavated by them in 1985, revealing evidence of a possible small shelter and windbreak.

SD 6329 1769. An early mesolithic flint scatter was discovered on Rushy Brow in 1983-5 by the Cumbria and Lancashire Archaeoogical Unit during a survey of Anglezarke and Rivington Moors, and was excavated in 1985 (site 21).A scatter of sub-angular gritstone fragments lay beneath the peat directly on the mineral soil. A number of these appeared to form a distinct semicircular setting c 1.5m in diameter, which was associated with a dense scatter of worked lithic material, mostly chert. Although no stakeholes were found in direct association, the setting could be interpreted as an insubstantial shelter-type structure.A number of stakeholes were identified elsewhere, five of which appeared to form a broad arc, open to the west, encompassing a very slightly raised area; two of the stakeholes contained lithic material. The arc might represent some kind of windbreak. (1)

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