Record Details
| NHER Number: | 1353 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Undatable prehistoric, Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic worked flints |
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Summary
A number of prehistoric worked flints were recovered in this part of the beach during the 1970s. These include an Upper Palaeolithic flint long blade and a number of potentially Mesolithic flakes and blades. Many (if not all) of these finds are now held by the Norwich Castle Museum and the King's Lynn Museum
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 7626 4518 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF74NE |
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| Parish: | TITCHWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
May 1970. Stray Find.
Found on shingle beach by [1]:
2 Mesolithic blade flakes and 1 large blade
1 undated flint flake.
1 piece of ?chert found.
These finds were reported in (S2) and subsequently given to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1970.239). A large number of Late Upper Palaeolithic flint blades were subsequently found to the west of this site (NHER 15352) and it is therefore probable that at least the large blade was of a similar date.
E. Rose (NAU). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 December 2013.
1979. Stray Find.
Flint tools found here by [2]. The exact nature of the material recovered is unclear, although it is noted in (S2) that one of the objects found was a "trimming flake" (this possibly found slightly to southwest). This piece is a massive Late Upper Palaeolithic crested blade (length 29cm) that is noted and illustrated in (S3). See 1:1 copy of illustration in file (S4). The crested flake was given to the King's Lynn museum, along with 5 other flakes found at the same location (KILLM : 1980.22.1). All are described as black, suggesting that they are of a similar date to the black-stained Late Upper Palaeolithic blades and flakes that have been recovered elsewhere on the Titchwell foreshore.
Site located based on information from [3], although it should be noted that the topography has changed considerably since map originally used was surveyed.
E. Rose. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 22 December 2013.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic to Late Mesolithic - 40000 BC to 4001 BC)
- BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic to Late Mesolithic - 40000 BC? to 4001 BC)
- CRESTED BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC to 10001 BC)
- FLAKE (Upper Palaeolithic - 40000 BC? to 10001 BC?)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Slide: Various. Slide. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Titchwell. |
| <S1> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S2> | Serial: 1970. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1970. No 17. p 15. |
| <S3> | Article in Serial: Wymer, J. J. and Robins, P. A. 1994. A Long Blade Industry beneath Boreal peat at Titchwell, Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt I pp 13-37. Fig 9; No 15. |
| <S4> | Illustration: ?Smallwood, J. [Unknown]. Drawing of a massive Late Upper Palaeolithic crested flint blade from Titchwell. Paper. 1:1. |
Related records
| 22810 | Related to: Flandrian deposits and associated Late Upper Palaeolithic flint industry (Monument) |
| 20895 | Related to: Late Upper Palaeolithic flint blade (Find Spot) |
| 15352 | Related to: Late Upper Palaeolithic long blade industry and Mesolithic, Neolithic and later finds (Find Spot) |
| 1304 | Related to: Upper Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic worked flints (Find Spot) |
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