Record Details

NHER Number:5444
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:Neolithic to Early Bronze Age and Roman finds

Summary

A Neolithic flint borer and fragments of Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age, or Beaker, pottery and Roman pottery were recovered as stray finds during the 1950s and 1960s. Metal-detecting between 2017 and 2018 recovered a Neolithic flint blade and flake, and a Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flint knife.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 687 881
Map Sheet:TL68NE
Parish:HOCKWOLD CUM WILTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

1960.
'Neolithic/Early Bronze Age' sherds (Beaker?) and Roman sherds and animal bones found in this area.
R.R. Clarke (NCM)

(S1) adds a flint borer found here in 1951.
Information from F. Healy (NCM).

December 2017-January 2018. Metal-detecting. [1].
Neolithic flint blade and flake.
Neolithic/Early Bronze Age flint knife.
Information from PAS import.
E. McDonald (HES), 2 July 2018.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • ANIMAL REMAINS (Undated)
  • BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BORER (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • KNIFE (Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • POT (Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age - 3000 BC to 1501 BC)
  • POT (Beaker - 2300 BC to 1700 BC)
  • POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Protected Status - none

Sources and further reading

---Photograph: I & RS. Digital finds image.
---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 - Neolithic. Hockwold cum Wilton.
---Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Roman. Hockwold Cum Wilton.
<S1>Unpublished Document: Curtis, F.. Curtis Catalogue.

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