Record Details
NHER Number: | 11302 |
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Type of record: | Find Spot |
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Name: | Multi-period finds |
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Summary
Probable Neolithic flint artefacts, including blades and cores, a Middle Saxon coin and medieval pottery have been discovered. They were found as stray finds and during observations of building works.
Images - none
Location
Grid Reference: | Not displayed |
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Map Sheet: | TF64SE |
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Parish: | OLD HUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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| xHUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
On field surface, date unknown.
Finder's site NH 401.
Blades, blade core, waste flakes. Probably Neolithic.
Seen by A. Greogry (NAU), 12 June 1975.
25 January 1978. Visit.
House constructed on site.
No Neolithic finds but one Grimston Ware sherd from base of topsoil.
Late 1970s (reported 1983).
ontext 2 [1]: adjacent to house watched by A. Lawson (NAU) (see 25 inch map in file) and 'found during
building operations' (presumably the same).
Sceatta of Bird and Bust type.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
A. Rogerson (NAU) July 1983.
NGR amended from original [2].
M. Horlock (NLA), 17 December 2002.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
--- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
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Related records - none
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