Implements in a Sand-Stratum at Lyng

Abstract

On Thursday, June 15th, 1911, accompanied by Mr. H. H. Halls, I went to Lyng to look over the Manor Farm for Neolithic implements, or other traces of prehistoric man. During the day, while looking round a pit, I noticed a number of flint flakes projecting from one side. I collected a few of these, and, upon examination, noticed they were different from anything I had seen on the surface. The following day I shewed these specimens to Mr. W. G. Clarke, explaining to him the position in which I had found them, and he suggested they might probably come from the remains of a floor, either Neolithic or Palæolithic. I visited the pit several times after this, each time getting further specimens. Quite recently Mr. Clarke, Mr. Halls, and myself, visited the pit, when, after careful examination, Mr. Clarke had no hesitation in stating that in his opinion the site was the remains of a floor, but whether Neolithic or Late Palffiolithic it is difficult to determine, the number of finished implements being so small, though the geological evidence would favour the latter view.