Record Details
| NHER Number: | 9668 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Neolithic finds |
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Summary
A number of Neolithic antler picks used in flint mining, together with possible human remains, were found in the mid 18th century.
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Location
Full description
Various red deer antler picks (and possibly a human skeleton) in NCM from 1746. Six with no label (?Arderon's original specimens) Shed antler; Chalk marl 1868 T. G. Bayfield Number 94. Part of antler and base of shed antler R. Fitch Number 98 and 100. Base of shed antler; Chalk Marl No.152 Colman Collection (S1); quoted with comments by F. Kitton from (S2), (S3), (S4), (S5).
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Press cuttings (S3) in file.
E. Rose (NAU).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- HUMAN REMAINS (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- PICK (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished Document: [Norwich Castle Museum staff]. 1971. Flint Mine Sites. |
| --- | 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. Kirby Bendon. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1932. Whitlingham, one of the most noted prehistoric sites. 8 October. |
| <S1> | Serial: 1878. NNNT (Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalist' Society). Vol II. pp 436-437. |
| <S2> | Serial: 1746. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. vol9 of abridgement 1809,. |
| <S3> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Evening News. [Letters to the editor titled 'A Whitlingham Problem']. |
| <S4> | Article in Serial: Antiquity. Antiquity. Vol VII, pp 166, 193. pp 166, 193. |
| <S5> | Article in Monograph: Sainty, J. E. 1935. Norfolk Prehistory. Report of the Annual Meeting, 1935. Norwich, September 4-11. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Appendix pp 60-71. p 67. |
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