Mesolithic Flints (Tillside)
Rocky edge at Bowden Doors. Photo by Harry Rowland.
Many Mesolithic flints have been found at this site. They were found in a layer of sand beneath a number of rock overhangs. These probably show that Mesolithic period hunters may have used this site as a temporary shelter.
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EXCAVATION, A Bronze Age rock shelter in north Northumberland and other rock shelters and craglines in the region 1968; C B Burgess
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