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NEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT NEAR SCUNTHORPE, 

 LINCOLNSHIRE. 



(With Plate ill.) 



JIAROLD E. DUDLEY, Hon. Curator. 

 Scunthorpe Council Museum. 



For a number of years the flint implements of the Scunthorpe 

 district have been well known, especially the so-called ' Pygmy ' 

 flints. The publicity given to this small type of implement 

 has attracted various scientific societies and collectors of note 

 to the Neolithic settlement on Risby Warren, resulting in the 

 publication of some information regarding the encampment and 



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•Sinall circles : —Sites of hearths. Black circle :— Rubbish heap. 



Shaded portion :— Strewn with fragments of pottery. 



its flints. As the present writer has been constantly visiting 

 the Warren during the past fifteen years, and has there picked 

 up many hundreds of worked flints, it may be that these present 

 notes will add something to what has already been recorded. 



This settlement, known locally as the ' Camp,' part of 

 which is shown on the plan given herewith, is situated on the 

 brow of the ' Cliff,' a prominent OoHtic ridge dipping steeply 

 down on the western side and sloping gently towards the 

 valley of the Ancholme on the east. The summit of the hill 

 is covered with a considerable depth of blown sand, which. 



1918 July 1. 



