STONE AGE CRATHES

Uncovering one of the largest Mesolithic Sites in the UK

LITHIC CONCENTRATION CHARTS
The Lithic Concentration Charts giving the exact numbers of flints per 10m x 10m squares were compiled by counting the total number of flints at each relevant grid reference. The colour key for all the concentration charts is as below.
The five fields of the Crathes site
COLOUR KEY: Number of lithics per 10m x 10m square
>104 75-104 50-74 30-49 5-14 1-4 15-29 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 3 3 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 3 4 8 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 4 15 11 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 15 20 3 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 8 2 1 1 7 2 3 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 7 1 16 6 5 3 3 4 1 1 2 1 4 6 2 3 4 2 37 11 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 7 3 1 4 7 6 6 2 1 3 3 5 19 10 3 1 1 1 7 5 6 4 4 11 1 1 2 1 11 7 6 1 6 7 9 4 2 1 1 12 10 2 3 1 5 9 1 1 2 1 2 4 6 4 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 6 14 2 6 3 3 5 1 2 3 10 1 1 2 1 6 5 4 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 8 3 1 2 3 11 8 2 3 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 12 17 5 4 8 18 14 5 3 1 3 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 6 6 18 1 2 5 25 17 14 6 4 2 2 1 2 2 7 1 7 14 17 2 2 1 1 1 6 24 20 16 5 5 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 5 7 18 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 8 19 22 30 13 17 5 5 7 4 2 3 2 3 15 13 10 16 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 6 2 8 10 12 9 2 1 2 1 7 2 1 4 2 5 5 34 31 28 8 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 3 8 5 22 7 2 2 2 4 6 4 5 9 19 29 40 43 3 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 7 1 3 12 11 12 14 5 2 4 3 7 5 12 10 29 35 55 2 4 1 1 5 1 3 1 8 2 4 3 1 4 5 14 16 10 8 12 3 11 6 13 18 20 25 67 48 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 10 2 3 2 3 3 3 9 14 3 9 11 8 6 9 24 13 32 25 15 48 28 1 1 1 10 1 5 1 5 2 1 4 5 7 1 7 7 6 10 33 18 26 18 50 36 65 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 3 13 6 8 3 10 3 6 7 2 2 29 23 9 13 18 6 24 28 42 50 55 13 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 6 17 22 13 13 3 1 10 4 4 4 9 13 18 19 14 6 13 26 39 23 22 34 25 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 5 3 7 5 2 8 10 12 9 18 4 19 8 2 8 20 13 23 35 19 8 6 1 1 1 2 1 1 6 1 1 2 5 3 1 1 7 3 3 1 2 19 6 3 8 7 2 7 5 13 21 13 5 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 6 4 7 3 2 5 3 2 1 1 4 1 6 6 10 7 4 2 6 9 8 13 13 11 24 6 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 6 3 2 9 12 4 3 3 2 1 2 3 5 6 10 7 6 8 1 4 3 4 12 10 2 7 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 1 2 3 4 3 1 2 2 1 3 7 11 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 5 4 4 5 7 4 3 4 6 2 3 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 1 3 7 2 1 1 1 3 2 5 3 10 2 2 1 8 1 3 6 8 1 2 1 3 1 1 6 4 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 1 3 2 5 4 1 1 2 3 1 3 2 4 4 1 2 1 5 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 4 4 1 3 1 3 5 9 15 17 18 22 18 14 29 30 35 41 16 15 8 12 18 25 13 9 1 4 8 1 2 3 3 3 1 3 2 2 2 4 4 6 8 10 5 2 3 1 3 2 3 1 1 7 3 3 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 5 3 8 3 1 6 7 14 15 17 53 76 94 106 87 72 52 24 15 23 33 9 36 24 10 3 1 13 7 6 4 5 9 10 12 10 8 8 5 6 3 7 5 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 2 4 7 5 2 1 2 9 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 5 7 6 6 17 32 68 117 94 83 30 27 26 15 25 10 24 18 20 9 8 2 8 14 27 11 9 11 10 4 5 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 10 4 3 5 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 4 2 2 2 6 5 1 6 14 14 3 7 3 8 6 16 16 9 13 33 14 11 9 2 3 5 3 1 14 20 16 12 7 11 8 5 5 4 2 1 1 3 3 2 4 2 2 1 4 2 4 10 5 1 2 2 9 4 9 2 12 19 8 8 2 6 10 3 23 7 17 8 9 4 5 1 1 2 3 2 7 5 9 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 5 6 8 7 4 3 10 9 36 41 20 27 39 36 32 31 12 2 10 14 5 8 3 2 2 2 1 3 1 2 1 8 1 4 1 1 4 9 25 6 4 2 2 2 1 4 2 3 1 4 5 2 1 4 3 1 8 2 2 7 9 12 6 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 18 17 33 42 6 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 5 18 28 39 7 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 12 6 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 NETHERMILLS WEST NETHERMILLS EAST MILTON COTTAGE Combined concentration chart superimposed over the field edges.  Compiled from the grid references NM 4 NM 2 NM 3 NM 1 MC
The concentration chart of the the five Crathes fields . The data are from: MIlton Cottage, CR 2011; NM 1, CR 2008; NM 2, 2011: NM 3 and 4, 2009.
Almost all the 3000+ flints were found in the N part of the field, an area approximately 350m x 100m, along the middle terrace (Terrace Site) and the 'island' (Island Site). A few were collected from the south edge of NM 1A at the base of the bank of the upper terrace (see charts).
Concentrations varied across the site. To illustrate this, the the most complete collections (where areas were walked more than once) were chosen for the Concentration Chart below. Of almost 10,000 flints collected by OFARS over the five years fieldwalking, 8622 are represented on the chart. Milton Cottage (MC) MC CR 2011 505 Nethermills West (NMW) NM 1 CR 2008 3001 NM 2 CR 2011 478 Nethermills East (NME) NM 3,4 CR 2009 4638
The number of the five higher intensity 10m x 10m squares at each site. The figures refer to the collections shown in the above chart.
Concentration \ Site
MC
NMW (NM 1 and 2)
NME (NM 3 and 4)
Head
>104
2
75 - 104
5
50 - 74
4
6
30 - 49
3
14
16
15 - 29
6
34
62
NMW Much more intense than NME NME larger area with possible less intense subsites, suggested by the ‘15-29’ squares separate from the main concentration at the SW corner on NM 4. JBK dig removed ~30, 000 from this area. The ‘5-14’ squares edged the more intensive areas, with ‘1-4’ squares edgeing and linking the whole scatter.
(Still in preparation)
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