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Langdale/ Scafell Pike Neolithic Axe Factory Management Project. Interim Report 1991/ 1992

Quartermaine, Jamie and Tostevin, Patrick (1991) Langdale/ Scafell Pike Neolithic Axe Factory Management Project. Interim Report 1991/ 1992. [Client Report] (Unpublished)

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Abstract

In response to the rapidly deteriorating condition of the Neolithic axe factories around the summits of the Langdale Pikes, a management programme has been established to record and consolidate the fragile working-sites. It is undertaken jointly by the Lancaster University Archaeological Unit and the National Trust and is financed by English Heritage and the National Trust.
Axe factory groups exposed by foot-paths were in the most immediate need of consolidation work and the first season of work (1990/1991) concentrated on the Harrison Path group, which has been severely damaged by both water erosion and visitor pressure. A comprehensive survey and a series of excavations were undertaken in advance of extensive path repair work. Two other path site groups (Thorn Crag & Harrison Combe) were also surveyed and a monitoring programme was established throughout the Langdale and Scafell Pike areas to determine the extent of erosion on all the sites.

Item Type: Client Report
Subjects: Geographical Areas > English Counties > Cumbria
Period > UK Periods > Neolithic 4000 - 2200 BC
Divisions: Oxford Archaeology North
Depositing User: barker
Date Deposited: 15 Dec 2022 08:21
Last Modified: 15 Dec 2022 08:21
URI: http://eprints.oxfordarchaeology.com/id/eprint/6961

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