NHER 11762 (Find Spot record) - Early Neolithic flint arrowhead and Roman brooch
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TF92SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTH ELMHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Full Description
October 1976. Stray Find. [1].
Found just south of ice-house in North Elmham park, in cattle scrape:
1 Neolithic flint leaf-shaped arrowhead. In grey flint with small patch of cortex. Very fresh. See drawing (S1).
Originally identified as a very fine flint borer, subsequently re-identified as an arrowhead by F. Healy (NAU), 1985.
Reported in (S2) and noted on (S3).
A. Rogerson (NAU), 1976 and E. Rose (NAU), 16 December 1985.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 3 August 2014.
September-October 2019. Metal-detecting. [2].
Roman brooch.
Information from PAS import.
Site extended to the whole field. Previously mapped as a point at [3].
E. McDonald (HES), 3 December 2019.
Associated Sources (4)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S1> SNF92019 Illustration: Adams, N. 1976. Drawing of a Neolithic flint leaf-shaped arrowhead. Paper. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF2543 Serial: 1976. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1976. No 23. p 9.
- <S3> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 92 SE 17.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (2)
- LEAF ARROWHEAD (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
- BROOCH (Roman - 50 AD to 75 AD)
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Record last edited
Feb 24 2023 1:38PM