Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8269 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Mesolithic/Neolithic flint 'chopper' |
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Summary
A small Mesolithic or Neolithic flint 'chopper' was found at this location in 1970.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3264 2441 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG32SW |
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| Parish: | SMALLBURGH, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1970. Stray Find.
Found while gathering potatoes, about 900 yards [823m] north-west of St Peter's Church:
1 Mesolithic/Neolithic flint implement. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1971.152). Information from (S1). Listed in the museum's records as a "small Mesolithic/Neolithic flint chopper". Notes in with the object itself do however suggest that it was identified by R. Jacobi as being most likely Neolithic.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 June 2014.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- CHOPPER (Early Mesolithic to Late Neolithic - 10000 BC? to 2351 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S1> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic. |
Related records - none
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