Prehistoric flint flakes at Wallbury Lodge, Dell Lane (EHER 82082)

A 2018 trial trenching evaluation recorded six prehistoric residual flint flakes.

2018. Trial trenching. All six worked flints are flakes. Four are retouched but none are closely datable tool types. With the exception of one retouched flake, all of the flakes are small and relatively thin and one has a prepared platform and may have been detached using a soft hammer. These flakes most likely date to the Mesolithic or early Neolithic periods whereas the larger, thicker flake is likely to date to the Bronze Age or perhaps even the Iron Age. One flake is patinated and may be of greater antiquity than the others in the assemblage. The worked flints belong to a period of prehistoric activity at the site which predates the construction of the hillfort and could date back as far as the Mesolithic period. <1>