Record Details

NHER Number:22814
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Mesolithic flint blade and Neolithic flint flakes, route of A11

Summary

A Mesolithic flint blade and several Neolithic flint flakes were found in 1986.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 1788 0481
Map Sheet:TG10SE
Parish:HETHERSETT, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

25 April 1986. Fieldwalking.
Found on new road course, on ploughed surface:
1 Mesolithic small, patinated flint blade.
8 Neolithic flint flakes.
Identified by J. Wymer (NAU). Information from (S1).
These finds were donated to the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1998.158.7).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 March 2014.

1986 later than above.
2 further Neolithic flakes on stripped surface.
Found and identified by J. Wymer (NAU)
E. Rose (NAU) 6 August 1986.

Also 1986.
Flint flake found in southeast road ditch here by [1].
Also donated to Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 1998.158.7).
E. Rose (NAU) 6 August 1986.

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)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

<S1>Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.

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