NHER 1148 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds

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Summary

Neolithic flint artefacts, Iron Age and Roman pottery and a Roman coin have been discovered. The Neolithic items include part of a polished axehead, an arrowhead, flakes, blades and scrapers.

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Location

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

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Pre 1958.
Field east of The Pool ([1]'s field M77/1).
Numerous flint flakes and scrapers.

1976
Listed in (S1). Fragment of polished axe, flakes, blades, scrapers, petit trancet derivative arrowhead, coin of Vespasian ((not Postumus as in (S2)).
Found by [1] and [2].

Plan of 1976 finds (S2) in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 1 February 1983.

May 1977.
Roman grey ware rim, two Neolithic type flakes, two retouched flakes, one bifacially worked point.
Identified by A. Lawson (NAU).
A. Lawson.

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF87257 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Neolithic. Hunstanton.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 64 SE 3; TF 64 SE 49.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF2543 Serial: 1976. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1976. No 23. p 12.
<S2> SNF51276 Map: Finder's Map.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (9)

FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POINT (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POLISHED AXEHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
POT (Iron Age - 800 BC to 42 AD)
COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 14 2022 8:53AM