Record Details
| NHER Number: | 19878 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Mesolithic and undatable prehistoric worked flints and burnt flint |
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Summary
Fieldwalking in 1983 as part of the Fenland Project noted a scatter of prehistoric pot boilers and a few worked flints, including two possible Mesolithic blades.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 6922 1148 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF61SE |
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| Parish: | WORMEGAY, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
24 December 1983. Fenland Project fieldwalking.
Field plough and weathered.
Site WGY AI (TF 6929 1146).
On sand with gravel island just emerging from peat and barley visible.
Sparse to medium scatter of 'pot boilers' and a few worked flints. Max dimensions 35m N/S x 25m E/W. The small assemblage of work flints comprised 1 flake 2 small blades and 1 misc. retouched piece. The blades are possibly Mesolithic.
For further details see project archive (S1) and final publication (S2).
R. Silvester (NAU), 24 December 1983.
Monument Types
- BURNT MOUND (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
Associated Finds
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 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. |
| <S1> | Archive: Fenland Folders. |
| <S2> | Monograph: Silvester, R. J. 1988. The Fenland Project Number 3: Marshland and Nar Valley, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 45. |
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