Archaeology

2. Bronze Age

Bronze Age (c.2000BC – 800BC) With the production of bronze, tools weapons and vessels could be made. Artefacts of the Bronze Age period found in Holme-on-Spalding Moor parish include pottery, and an axe head (found during ploughing in 1925). Although this new material was being used, stone tools of this period have also been found. …

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1. Stone Age

Stone Age (Pre 10,000BC – c.2000BC) The Stone Age is divided into three sub periods: Paleolithic (Pre 10,000BC) Mesolithic (c. 10,000BC – c.5000BC) Neolothic (c.5000BC – c. 2000BC) Flint tools from the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods in particular have been found in the parish. Further details about the Stone Age in Holme-on-Spalding Moor Parish can …

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Zion Chapel

The Primitive Methodists built a chapel in 1850 in Holme-on-Spalding Moor, in Runner End, which was replaced by the Zion Methodist Chapel in 1880 and closed in 1986. The chapel was sold and has been converted to a private residence. Archaeological monitoring was undertaken in 2006 which revealed the partial remains of the former Primitive …

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