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1972. Stray Find.
Surface finds made by [1] during the excavation of NHER 3659, NHER 3660 and NHER 3661. Recorded and stored with the excavated material:
8 scrapers. See drawings (S1)-(S6)
1 small two-platform core with flake scars.
1 flake.
1 knife made on flake from side of polished axe. Drawing published in (S7) - see copy in (S8).
1 keeled core with additional platform.
1 misc. retouched piece.
1 Roman pottery sherd.
Finds deposited in King's Lynn Museum with excavated material.
See list in file compiled from finder's catalogue (S9) by F. Healy (NAU). These finds are also noted in (S7).
F. Healy (NAU) 1983. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 August 2013.

Pre 1975. Stray Find.
Various finds recovered by [1] from the area known as Weasenham Lyngs (also known as Weasenham Heath) prior to 1975. The worked flints were recorded as comprising:
62 scrapers.
8 misc. tools.
1 'spearhead'.
2 arrowheads.
4 axes (1 broken). One (finder's Coll. No. 20.B) is listed in (S11) as a minature axehead. See drawing (S12).
6 knives
The catalogue also includes references to:
"4 Neos found 15 Feb 1975".
"?3 Neos found 23 Feb 1975".
"1 Palaeo. Found with 5 Neos 1 September 1974".
"Also another Palaeo".

The two arrowheads are likely to include a "very fine" Neolithic leaf arrowhead that was found in 1975 (TF 854 197) and shown to King's Lynn Museum around this time (previously recorded as NHER 11451). Although the finder retained the majority of these artefacts, 3 are now held by the King's Lynn Museum (KILLM : 1973.130.16-18). The recorded descriptions suggest that these are retouched flake. Information from (S10).

See list in file compiled from finder's catalogue (S9) by F. Healy (NAU).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 August 2013.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC? to 40001 BC?)
• FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
• FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
• FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

• CORE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
• FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
• KNIFE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
• LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
• LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC? to 40001 BC?)
• SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
• SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
• SPEAR? (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
• ARROWHEAD (Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 701 BC)
• AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• MINIATURE OBJECT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• RETOUCHED FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
• POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

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Find out more...

• Parish Summary: Weasenham All Saints (Parish Summary)