Record Details
| NHER Number: | 5721 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Prehistoric and Roman finds |
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Summary
In 1960 a Neolithic macehead and sherds of Roman pottery, along with animal bones, were found amount dredgings from the Little Ouse. A number of prehistoric flints were found at this location in 2024.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 852 863 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL88NE |
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| Parish: | THETFORD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
1960. Stray Find. [1].
Part of Neolithic perforated stone macehead (same site as Roman pot sherds etc).
N.112 examined Dr F.S. Wallis. Identified as Group XVIII, see (S1).
Find held by NCM.
R.R. Clarke (NCM) and T. Clough (NAU).
1960. Dredged from Little Ouse south of Two Mile Bottom Manure Works.
Roman potsherds, animal bones.
Finds held by NCM.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).
Before 23 April 2024. Stray Find. [2].
13 Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age worked flints.
Information from PAS import.
Extended to whole field. Previous extent recorded as Context 1.
P. Watkins (HES), 7 October 2024 and 23 February 2025.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Associated Finds
- ASSEMBLAGE (Early Mesolithic to Early Bronze Age - 10000 BC to 1501 BC)
- MACE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- ANIMAL REMAINS (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 88 NE 11. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Serial: 1960. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1960. No 7. p 5. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Thetford. |
| --- | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Thetford. |
| --- | Article in Serial: Williams-Thorpe, O., Webb, P. C. and Jones, M. C. 2003. Non-destructive geochemical and magnetic characterisation of Group XVIII dolerite stone axes and shaft-hole implements from England. Journal of Archaeological Science. Vol 30 pp 1237-1267. |
| <S1> | Article in Serial: Clough, T. H. Mck. and Green, B. 1972. The petrological identification of stone implements from East Anglia. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. Vol 38 pp 108-155. |
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