Stoneage sites

theboytheboy

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Arable Farmer
Location
Portsmouth
I've been asked if a chap can look for Mesolithic Microliths on our land.

He is researching a report that says some were found here years ago.

My dad found a highly polished axe in a garden here so we know the stuff is around

My concern is, what happens if he finds and reports more interesting stuff and we get some sort of restrictions slapped on the land.

I do find it very interesting but not sure what the unintended consequences are.
 

nick...

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Arable Farmer
Location
south norfolk
I’d have nothing to do with anyone regarding things found.official bodies can impose all sorts of stuff on you and may stopyou working land.anything found legitimately will be treasure trove and go to the state or museums and you probably won’t get anything fir it either.if you find stuff it can be sold on a black market with no officails knowing about it and then keep the cash for yourself.got a friend who found lots of things over the years and moved things on secretly and earnt a packet,allegedly.lot of roman gold in Norfolk,or so I’m told.be careful and keep quiet about anything you find otherwise you will get over run by treasure hunters 24/7
nick...
 

Flatlander

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Arable Farmer
Location
Lorette Manitoba
Point them to another site far away. If they find even an old KV ploughing point with rust on it they’ll be digging til the end of time. Dad had land in the uk that was close to silchester Roman settlement area. One field had grims bank on it which was supposed to be of some historic value. when building a cattle shed close to there the digger driver peeled off the top soil to reveal what appeared to be a foundation of a small house. When digging the footing for the posts up came rusted spikes and bits of pottery. He asked dad what to do and dad said to throw it in the bottom and keep digging or neither of them were getting finished. that shed is still standing and was build in 1978.
 

No wot

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If you value having the flexibility to do want you want on you own farm , have nothing to do with it , the farmer who had the Roman mosaic find on his land , has had it put into some sort of " schedule monument " listing , can not cultivate it , put down to grass , he has some sort of payment of some sort but don't how much , arable land worth 10k / ac , I don't think his field is worth that now , you'll end up doing everyone else a favour & getting sweet FA for yourself
 

capfits

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I've been asked if a chap can look for Mesolithic Microliths on our land.

He is researching a report that says some were found here years ago.

My dad found a highly polished axe in a garden here so we know the stuff is around

My concern is, what happens if he finds and reports more interesting stuff and we get some sort of restrictions slapped on the land.

I do find it very interesting but not sure what the unintended consequences are.
Take it you do not live in Orkney.
Reality is nothing will change if they find stuff unless it is really unusual.
We have burial mounds, signs of old farm towns, and kists and still crack on.
 
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Dry Rot

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Livestock Farmer
Sorry to hijack the thread, but in the hope that there are some archaeologists on here, can one of them explain how they've found pig bones at Stone Henge?

One of the university professions (the plump one with the beard whose on TV a lot) said they had DNA from the North of Scotland so had obviously been driven south by stone age people. Really? Has he ever tried to drive a pig across a field, let alone 600 miles?! :rolleyes:
 
We have done plenty of fieldwalking here with the Archie. Society and have amassed quite a collection of flint tools and artefacts. As well as later blades and scrapers, one of the youngsters found a Palaeolithic hand axe, which she kept after recording it. I think it would be unlikely for any restrictions to apply from finding scatters of flints as they are everywhere once you start looking, but maybe better safe than sorry.
 

theboytheboy

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Arable Farmer
Location
Portsmouth
This is the one my dad found
 

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Tubbylew

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Herefordshire
Sorry to hijack the thread, but in the hope that there are some archaeologists on here, can one of them explain how they've found pig bones at Stone Henge?

One of the university professions (the plump one with the beard whose on TV a lot) said they had DNA from the North of Scotland so had obviously been driven south by stone age people. Really? Has he ever tried to drive a pig across a field, let alone 600 miles?! :rolleyes:
I'm sure if they can drag them ruddy great stones from wales a few pigs wouldn't be too hard.:)
 

steveR

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Mixed Farmer
Sorry to hijack the thread, but in the hope that there are some archaeologists on here, can one of them explain how they've found pig bones at Stone Henge?

One of the university professions (the plump one with the beard whose on TV a lot) said they had DNA from the North of Scotland so had obviously been driven south by stone age people. Really? Has he ever tried to drive a pig across a field, let alone 600 miles?! :rolleyes:
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