Record Details

NHER Number:6060
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic arrowheads

Summary

Neolithics arrowheads and other implements, made of flint, found in 1936.

Images - none

Location

Parish:BRETTENHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1936.
Rev. Euston and J. Muse of Windermere found edge of flint axe from Shadwell.
Sandy Site type.
See (S1) and (S2).
R. R. Clarke (NCM)

All Shadwell.
Thetford stuff includes 3 leaf arrowheads 1 laurel leaf, 2 implements, 12 barbed and tanged arrowheads, 1 serrated flake.
E. Rose (NAU)

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Beaker - 4000 BC to 1700 BC)

Associated Finds

  • LAUREL LEAF (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Article in Serial: Clark, W. G. 1905. Remains of the Neolithic Age in Thetford District. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Vol VIII Pt 1 (for 1904-1905) pp 25-35.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Brettenham (Rushforth).
<S1>Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1895. Neolithic Man in Thetford District. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Vol VI Pt 1 (for 1894-95) pp 28-36. pp 25, 26, 32, 34.
<S2>Publication: NAM 2nd ser.. Pt 2.

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