Record Details

NHER Number:31958
Type of record:Monument
Name:Neolithic flint working site

Summary

A scatter of burnt flints, thirty Neolithic flint flakes and two flint scrapers were recorded.
Three pieces of medieval pottery were also found. This site has been interpreted as a flint working site and prehistoric burnt mound.

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Location

Grid Reference:TM 0124 8674
Map Sheet:TM08NW
Parish:HARLING, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

July 1996. Site 2.
Scatter of burnt flints.
Thirty Neolithic flakes and two scrapers.
Three medieval sherds, one glazed.
Seventeen burnt flints (sample) seen.
Identified by D. Gurney (NLA) and E. Rose (NLA).
D. Gurney (NLA), 15 July 1996.

Monument Types

  • BURNT MOUND (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • LITHIC WORKING SITE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • POT BOILER (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status - none

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