Record Details

NHER Number:19830
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint sickle

Summary

In 1983 a Neolithic flint sickle was found in a load of soil from Stalham. It is possible that this soil was dug up during the laying of the gas pipeline which runs through the parish.

Images - none

Location

Parish:STALHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1983. 'Found in a load of soil brought from Stalham'. Soil said to have been dug out for a pipeline.
Chipped grey flint sickle, (S1).
Information from member of the public [1].
Identified by S. Margeson (NCM) 28 November 1983.
W. Milligan (NCM).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • SICKLE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Illustration: Wymer, J. J. 1983. Drawing of a Neolithic flint sickle.. Paper. 1:1.

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