Record Details
| NHER Number: | 24646 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Mesolithic and Neolithic worked flints |
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Summary
Fieldwalking here in early 1988 recovered a range of Mesolithic worked flints, including a broken tranchet axehead, a possible microlith, cores and other debitage. A number of potentially Neolithic flints were also found.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 1454 0356 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG10SW |
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| Parish: | HETHERSETT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
January-March 1988. Fieldwalking.
Northern part of field examined on several occasions by [1].
Found in vicinity of [2] (finder's Area A; Context 1):
Mesolithic worked flints, including broken tranchet axehead, possible broken microlith, oblique plain burin, core, 2 possible cores, flakes and blade.
Probable Neolithic worked flints, including flakes, a blade, rough core and scraper.
Found "north-west of Hethersett White House", in vicinity of [3], (finder's Area B; Context 2).
Mesolithic worked flints including 2 cores, 1 'micro core', 2 core tablets, 3 blades and flakes.
Neolithic worked flints, including 4 scrapers, 2 cores, 1 serrated blade, blades and flakes (including a soft-hammer struck example from axe manufacture).
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU) and compiled by W. Milligan (NCM) 12 April 1988.
It should be noted that two separate lists of the finds from Areas A and B were produced; one set handwritten by W. Milligan and the other typed, possible by J. Wymer - see (S1). Most of the finds noted above appear in both lists, the most notable exception being the Mesolithic burin, which was only included in the handwritten list.
Most, if not all, of the finds from this site were later donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (finds from finder' Area A accessioned as NWHCM : 1999.1.22.13 and those from Area B (formerly NHER 24647) as NWHCM : 1999.1.22.14).
P. Watkins (HES), 13 March 2014. Amended 16 July 2024.
April 1988. Fieldwalking.
Found by [1] at [4]:
Prehistoric hollow scraper on thermal flint flake.
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU) and compiled by W. Milligan (NCM) 6 July 1988.
Previously recorded as NHER 24643.
The scraper was donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1999.1.22.12) and is listed as Neolithic in the museum's accession records.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 July 2024.
IND15072024AM - PAS details awaited. [5].
Extended to whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
P. Watkins (HES), 16 July 2024.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Associated Finds
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- BURIN (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- FLAKE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- MICROLITH (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- TRANCHET AXEHEAD (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)
- AXE TRIMMING FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC? to 2351 BC?)
- SERRATED BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Recording Form: Norfolk Museum Service and Norfolk Historic Environment Service Staff. 1974?-2016. Data Transfer Forms. Norfolk County Council. NHERs 24646 and 24647. |
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