Record Details

NHER Number:15118
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Prehistoric quern

Summary

A prehistoric quern possibly dating to the Neolithic period.

Images - none

Location

Parish:BINHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK
HINDRINGHAM, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

Early 1977.
On land of [1], near to Field House farm (at TF 9665 3845) and also near findspots of Neolithic axes, NHER 2074 and NHER 2075.
Possible saddle quern.
(S1) suggests it could well be genuine. Ploughed up.
E. Rose (NAU) 7 August 1979.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Associated Finds

  • QUERN (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)
  • QUERN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1977. Stone Age life bit of a grind. 17 February.

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