Record Details
| NHER Number: | 24515 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Mesolithic/Neolithic, Late Neolithic and undatable prehistoric worked flints |
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Summary
Fieldwalking in 1988 recovered a range of prehistoric worked flint, including Mesolithic/Neolithic blades; a Late Neolithic plano-convex knife and undatable prehistoric flakes, retouched flakes and a scraper.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 2423 1617 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG21NW |
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| Parish: | SPIXWORTH, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
February 1988. Fieldwalking.
Found by [1]:
11 undatable prehistoric flint flakes, 1 flake with slight retouch, 1 flake with coarse retouch and 1 scraper.
3 Mesolithic/Neolithic flint blades.
1 Late Neolithic broken flint 'slug knife' of fine quality.
Identified by J. J. Wymer (NAU) 10 March 1988.
W. Milligan (NCM) 22 February 1988. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 12 May 2014.
April 1989. Fieldwalking.
Found by [2], probably at this location [3]:
1 Mesolithic/Neolithic flint micro-blade, 4 blade-like flakes and 1 small flake.
1 Neolithic small flint pick, 1 scraper, 1 retouched flake and 1 unmodified flake.
Identified by NCM staff, see notes in file [4].
P. Watkins (HES), 28 July 2016.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- BLADE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FLAKE (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- PICK (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- PLANO CONVEX KNIFE (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
Related records - none
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