Record Details
| NHER Number: | 33860 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | ?Palaeolithic, Neolithic and undatable Late Prehistoric worked flints |
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Summary
Fieldwalking here in 1998 and 1999 recovered a significant number of prehistoric worked flints, including several potentially Palaeolithic flake and a small number of probable Neolithic pieces. The bulk of the material was however not closely datable, although its crude nature suggested it was most likely associated with Bronze Age or Iron Age activity.
Images - none
Location
Full description
September-November 1998. Systrematic Fieldwalking.
Fieldwalking within 20m grid:
Many flints, including flakes, retouched flakes and scrapers. Undatable, although flake condition suggests two periods of activity, with a mix of patinated, dull-edged artefacts and sharper, unpatinated and fresh looking flakes. The later are probably Late Bronze Age/Iron Age.
Flints identified by P. Robins (NCM), see list and descriptions in file.
This work was reported in (S1).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 May 2014.
6 March 1999. Metal-detecting.
Several flints including a knife and ?scraper of possible Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age date.
Flints identified by P. Robins (NCM), see list and descriptions in file.
A. Rogerson (NLA). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 May 2014.
23 March 1999. Fieldwalking Survey.
Several ?Palaeolithic flint flakes (very rolled and glossy brown).
1 Neolithic flint end scraper and 1 side and end scraper.
190+ undatable Late Prehistoric flint flakes, 1 blade, 21 retouched flakes, 4 ?retouched flakes, 9 notched flakes, 3 scrapers and 4 borers. Impression is late prehistoric, probably Bronze Age/Iron Age.
2 post-medieval pottery sherds (Glazed Red Earthenware).
Flints identified by P. Robins (NCM), see list, descriptions and short report in file. See also finders notes in file. This work was reported in (S2).
E. Rose (NLA) 28 February 2000. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 May 2014.
20 February 2000. Stray Find.
Flint rod, probably late Neolithic.
Identified by P. Robins (NCM), see description in file.
K. Hinds (NLA) 11 July 2000.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 1000000 BC? to 40001 BC?)
- FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Late Bronze Age to Late Iron Age - 1000 BC? to 42 AD?)
- FINDSPOT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- FLAKE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC? to 40001 BC?)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- POT BOILER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
- BLADE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- BORER (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- END SCRAPER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- KNIFE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- NOTCHED FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- RETOUCHED FLAKE? (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- ROD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Late Prehistoric - 4000 BC to 42 AD)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SIDE AND END SCRAPER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- KNIFE (Late Neolithic - 3000 BC to 2351 BC)
- BLADE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- FLAKE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- KNIFE (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Late Bronze Age - 1000 BC to 701 BC)
- BLADE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- FLAKE (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 1999. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1998. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIII Pt II pp 369-387. p 371. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. (eds). 2000. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk 1999. Norfolk Archaeology. XLIII Pt III pp 521-543. p 524. |
Related records
| 38156 | Related to: Multi-period metal objects and prehistoric flint flakes (Find Spot) |
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