The assemblage was analised by Dr. Andrew Myres, Assistant County Archaeologist. He has suggested that a wide range of flaking activity seems to have taken place on the site, the discard of blades and flakes suggesting both Production and Maintenance
The character of the main part of the assemblage suggests a later Mesolithic date and the flints themselves may have come from boulder clay deposits as far afield as the Wolds of Lincolnshire, East Yorkshire, or the Trent Valley in Nottinghamshire.
Read the 1999 Report on the Lithic Assemblage by Dr Andrew Myers, Assistant County Archaeologist
Read more about Mellor in the Region in the 2000/2001 Archaeological Report
Read more about the Mesolithic Period in Britain on the Channel 4 Time Team website