NHER 12540 (Find Spot record) - Prehistoric flint flake and post-medieval token

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Summary

Fieldwalking recovered one prehistoric retouched flint flake. The place name Burrow Hills suggests this may be the location of a hill fort. Metal-detecting in 2018 recovered a post-medieval token.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TF81NW
Civil Parish	LEXHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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May 1977.
A. Gregory (NAU) and A. Rogerson (NAU) walked field known as Burrow or Borough Hills (under crop) looking for hillfort - not found. But flint flake with some retouch found at above grid reference.

September 2018. Metal-detecting survey. Site extended to the whole field. [1].
1 post-medieval token.
Information from PAS import.
See distribution maps (S1).
A. Beckham (HES), 13 November 2018. Amended by E. McDonald (HES), 1 December 2018.

Associated Sources (2)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF100867 Unpublished Document: Crace, G.. 2019. Find Heatmaps by Period for the North and South of the River Nar Metal-detecting Project. Finder's map.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (3)

Object Types (2)

RETOUCHED FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
TOKEN (17th Century - 1696 AD to 1696 AD)

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Record last edited

Mar 19 2026 10:01AM