Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4743 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic worked flints from east bank of Cut-off Channel |
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Summary
Two Neolithic long patinated flint flakes, a flint scraper and part of a petit tranchet derivative arrowhead were found in 1962.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 716 958 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL79NW |
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| Parish: | METHWOLD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1962. On east bank of Cut-off Channel between White House, Northwold, and Methwold Hythe, but mainly south
of Thornham Road.
Two long patinated flint flakes.
One scraper.
Fragment of petit tranchet derivative.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).
(S1) says under east bank of Cut-Off Channel.
E. Rose (NLA).
Parts of this site are now NHER 23045/context 7 and NHER 19655/context 3 where scatter overlaps into these fields.
E. Rose (NAU), 5 November 1986.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD (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. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Methwold. |
| <S1> | Map: NCM. NCM Record Map. |
Related records
| 23045 | Related to: Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age occupation site and multi-period finds, Methwold Hythe (Monument) |
| 19655 | Related to: Prehistoric worked flint, Neolithic polished axehead and medieval pottery (Find Spot) |