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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox ancient site Blackpatch is an archaeological site in West Sussex, England, about Шаблон:Convert west of the village of Findon and about Шаблон:Convert north-west of Worthing.

It is the site of a Neolithic flint mine, and Bronze Age barrows. The site is a scheduled monument.[1]

Description

Flint mine

The flint mine, which was levelled about 1950, is on the south-west slope of Blackpatch Hill. There are more than 64 infilled shafts, diameter up to Шаблон:Convert.[1]

The shafts and other features at the site were investigated from 1922 to 1932 by John Pull. Seven shafts were excavated. They were up to Шаблон:Convert deep; from them, galleries extended up to Шаблон:Convert, following a single seam of flint. Flint flakes and pottery sherds were found in the infills from the shafts. Around the shafts were working areas where mined flint was processed. An antler pick from a shaft has been radiocarbon dated to about 3000 BC.[1][2][3]

Pull later investigated the flint mines in West Sussex at Church Hill and at Cissbury.[3]

Barrows

The site, now levelled, contained more than 12 round barrows, dating from the Bronze Age. Three of them were over infilled flint mine shafts, with others to the north-east.[1]

References

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 Шаблон:NHLE
  2. "Blackpatch, Findon, West Sussex" Sussex Past. Sussex Archaeological Society. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  3. 3,0 3,1 "Neolithic flint mines" Bournemouth University. Retrieved 25 October 2020.