Record Details
| NHER Number: | 12749 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Mesolithic and undatable prehistoric worked flints |
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Summary
Undatable prehistoric flint flakes and a Mesolithic flint bladelet were found in rabbit scrapes in this area during the mid 1990s.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 968 429 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF94SE |
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| Parish: | STIFFKEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
This area known to local people as Hills and Holes, a name usually used to denote an ancient ironworking site, though this is unlikely here.The square feature on the Ordnance Survey map is a cricket pitch.
Information given by [1].
E. Rose (NAU), 25 August 1977.
October 1995. Stray Find.
Found in rabbit's scrape in grass by [2]:
1 Mesolithic bladelet.
Information from [3].
E. Rose (NLA), 1 December 1995. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 July 2014.
April 1996. Stray Find. Extending slightly to east and west.
Found in rabbit scrapes:
Prehistoric flint flakes.
Probably identified by finder [3].
D. Gurney (NLA), 11 April 1996. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 July 2014.
Monument Types
- SITE (placename, Unknown date)
- SITE (Unknown date)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKE (Prehistoric - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
Related records - none
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