Record Details

NHER Number:10300
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Prehistoric whetstone

Summary

A prehistoric whetstone was found under a layer of peat in 1950.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 3306 0396
Map Sheet:TG30SW
Parish:ROCKLAND ST MARY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1950.
Hone made of schist 31cm (12 1/4 inches) long found beneath peat 91.4m (100 yards) east of Methodist Chapel.
R. R. Clarke (NCM).

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)

Associated Finds

  • WHETSTONE (Lower Palaeolithic to Late Iron Age - 500000 BC to 42 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 30 SW 6.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Rockland St Mary.

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