NHER 11302 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Probable Neolithic flint artefacts, including blades and cores, a Middle Saxon coin and medieval pottery have been discovered. They were found as stray finds and during observations of building works.

Protected Status/Designation

None recorded

Location

Map sheet	TF64SE
Civil Parish	OLD HUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK
Former Civil Parish	xHUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full Description

On field surface, date unknown.
Finder's site NH 401.
Blades, blade core, waste flakes. Probably Neolithic.
Seen by A. Greogry (NAU), 12 June 1975.

25 January 1978. Visit.
House constructed on site.
No Neolithic finds but one Grimston Ware sherd from base of topsoil.

Late 1970s (reported 1983).
ontext 2 [1]: adjacent to house watched by A. Lawson (NAU) (see 25 inch map in file) and 'found during
building operations' (presumably the same).
Sceatta of Bird and Bust type.
Identified by A. Rogerson (NAU).
A. Rogerson (NAU) July 1983.

NGR amended from original [2].
M. Horlock (NLA), 17 December 2002.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (5)

BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
CORE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
COIN (Middle Saxon - 651 AD to 850 AD)
POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Hunstanton (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Mar 20 2019 11:14AM