Record Details
NHER Number: | 11421 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Mesolithic flint blade and a replica (or foreign) flint object |
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Summary
A Mesolithic flint blade and a notched flint 'lancehead' (believed to be a modern replica or a foreign find) were found here in 1976.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | TL 7942 9443 |
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Map Sheet: | TL79SE |
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Parish: | DIDLINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1976. Stray Find.
Found at a depth of 2ft [0.7m] "at base of peat over gravel":
1 prehistoric notched flint "lancehead". Thought be either a Brandon copy of a Clovis Folsom point (i.e. a modern object) or a genuine foreign find. This object was donated to the NCM (NWHCM : 1976.516).
Found "nearby"
1 Mesolithic broken flint blade. Also donated to the NCM (NWHCM : 1976.517).
These discoveries were reported in (S1).
E.Rose (NAU). Information from (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 30 April 2013.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Associated Finds
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
<S1> | Serial: 1976. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1976. No 23. p 7. |
<S2> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
Related records - none
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