A Tusk from the ARC Quarry at Shardlow, Derbyshire [Site name: ARC QUARRY, NEAR SHARDLOW Study area: Investigation type: Post-determination/Research District: South Derbyshire Monument: Ngr: SK43652915 Parish: Aston upon Trent Postcode: DE742US]

Pages:
1
Author:
D Garton
Publisher:
Trent and Peak Archaeological Trust
Published:
1995
Abstract:
Following the discovery of a tusk during quarrying limited archaeological recording was undertaken. The tusk was in pieces with the external sheaf surviving, but only a small part of the inner core was present. The tusk showed signs of weathering. The reported location of the findspot was in sands and gravels about 1m above the Mercia Mustone floor of the quarry. The sands and gravels were probably of Devensian Age (120-12,000 BP). Another fragment of the same part of the tusk was recovered from the spoil heap. [Au(adp)]
Source description:
1pp
Dataset:
AIP
Coverage:
1995

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