Record Details

NHER Number:3041
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic flint scraper tool

Summary

A Neolithic flint scraper was found in 1959. 1972 aerial photography revealed two possible Bronze Age ring ditches, but these were later reported to be marks left by motor bikes.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 067 173
Map Sheet:TG01NE
Parish:LYNG, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

1959. From Cadders Hill.
Neolithic flint flake scraper with heavy steep retouch.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

On Ordnance Survey vertical aerial photograph taken in 1972.
Two possible ring ditches visible on (S1).
Information from A. Gregory (NCM) via B. Cushion (OS).
E. Rose (NAU).

A.J. Lawson (NAU) reports these are motor cycle rings.
E. Rose (NAU).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • (Former Type) RING DITCH? (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)

Associated Finds

  • SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 01 NE 16.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Serial: 1959. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1959. No. 6. p 4.
<S1>Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1972. 72-160-062.

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