Record Details
| NHER Number: | 23214 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Prehistoric worked flints |
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Summary
Fieldwalking as part of the Fenland Survey recovered a few pieces of prehistoric worked flint. It is possible that a number of Upper Palaeolithic/Mesolithic worked flints recorded as being found nearby in 1959 (NHER 4738) were actually from this site (although this is far from certain).
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 7046 9528 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL79NW |
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| Parish: | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
31 December 1986. Fenland Project fieldwalking.
Site MTW CR.
Two worked flints found in dyke-side spread. Close to where Mesolithic/Palaeolithic flints were recovered from buried island/ridge cut by dyke line in 1959 (NHER 4738). This island was clearly visible despite section covered in vegetation.
For further details see project archive (S1) and final report (S2). This site was listed as MTW U1 in (S2), which also incorporated NHER 4738
R. Silvester (NAU), 1 January 1987. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 Septeber 2013.
The finder of the worked flints recorded under NHER 4738 stated in 1988 that these were actually from this site, although as he was remembering back 30 years this is far from certain. See NHER 4738 for full details.
Information from F. Healy (NAU). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 17 September 2013.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
Associated Finds
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
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. 1991. The Fenland Project, Number 4: The Wissey Embayment and the Fen Causeway, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 52. |
Related records
| 4738 | Related to: Upper Palaeolithic/Mesolithic worked flints (Monument) |