Record Details
| NHER Number: | 41448 |
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| Type of record: | Find Spot |
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| Name: | Upper Palaeolithic or Mesolithic blade |
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Summary
An Upper Palaeolithic or Mesolithic crested flint blade found during the Norfolk Rapid Coastal Survey in 2005.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 75290 45170 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF74NE |
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| Parish: | TITCHWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
May-November 2004. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey.
Inter-tidal survey (Environmental Zone 7), Context 572:
10m to the south of the peat and silt exposure (Context 571, NHER 37324).
An Upper Palaeolithic or Mesolithic crested flint blade was found loose on the beach. The black patina of the flint may indicate that it originally came from the intercalated peat exposure or from buried Lower peat deposits.
See assessment report (S1) for further details.
The associated archive has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2017.421).
J. Allen (NLA), 14 April 2005. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 21 July 2019.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Upper Palaeolithic to Late Mesolithic - 40000 BC to 4001 BC)
Associated Finds
- CRESTED BLADE (Upper Palaeolithic to Late Mesolithic - 40000 BC to 4001 BC)
Protected Status - none
Sources and further reading
| <S1> | Unpublished Contractor Report: Robertson, D., Crawley, P., Barker, A., and Whitmore, S. 2005. Norfolk Rapid Coastal Zone Archaeological Survey. Assessment Report and Updated Project Design. Norfolk Archaeological Unit. 1045. |
Related records - none
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