Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8484 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Mesolithic blades |
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Summary
Two Mesolithic flint blades were recovered here in 1959. According to an early NCM record map "fused sandy material" was also found here during the 1950s.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 327 117 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG31SW |
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| Parish: | BLOFIELD, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1959. Stray Find.
Found by [1] on Blofield Heath, east of Heath Cottage:
2 Mesolithic flint blades. Donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1959.241). Information from (S1). Described in (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 6 May 2014.
About 1954
With fused sandy material also found here.
E. Rose (NLA).
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
Associated Finds
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 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. |
| <S2> | Archive: R. Jacobi. -. Jacobi Archive. 10167. |
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