NHER 10222 (Find Spot record) - Neolithic flints (Brundall, poorly located)

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Summary

Brundall is recorded as a place where Neolithic flint implements were found prior to 1907, although the exact nature and provenance(s) of these objects are not given. Other pooly provenance finds from the parish include a Mayan flint blade from South America.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet Not recorded
Civil Parish BRUNDALL, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Before 1907. Stray Find.
According to record card (S1) Brundall is one of various places in Norfolk as having produced Neolithic flint implements of 'Boulder clay type' prior to 1907. These objects are recorded as being in the possession of C. Chambers, W. G. Clarke and G. Rye but their exact nature and provenance(s) are not given. This is presumably a reference to (S2).
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 16 February 2025.

1950s. Stray Find. [1].
Found at unknown location in Brundall parish during 1950s and reported in 2024:
Mayan Late Preclassic to Terminal Classic period chert Stemmed Macro Blade (S3).
Information from PAS import.
This South America artefact was recorded on the PAS due to its resemblance to a large barbed and tanged arrowhead.
P. Watkins (HES), 1 September 2024.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • <S1> Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Brundall.
  • <S2> Article in Serial: Clarke, W. G. 1907. The Distribution of Flint and Bronze Implements in Norfolk. Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. Vol VIII Pt III (for 1906-1907) pp 393-409.
  • <S3> Illustration: Gibbon, J. 2024. Drawing of a Mayan Late Preclassic to Terminal Classic period chert Stemmed Macro Blade. Find Illustration. Film. 2:1.
  • LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • BLADE (Middle Iron Age to Late Saxon - 250 BC to 900 AD)

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Record last edited

Feb 16 2025 1:41AM

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