NHER 12749 (Monument record) - Mesolithic and undatable prehistoric worked flints

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Summary

Undatable prehistoric flint flakes and a Mesolithic flint bladelet were found in rabbit scrapes in this area during the mid 1990s.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Location

Map sheet TF94SE
Civil Parish STIFFKEY, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Map

This area known to local people as Hills and Holes, a name usually used to denote an ancient ironworking site, though this is unlikely here.The square feature on the Ordnance Survey map is a cricket pitch.
Information given by [1].
E. Rose (NAU), 25 August 1977.

October 1995. Stray Find.
Found in rabbit's scrape in grass by [2]:
1 Mesolithic bladelet.
Information from [3].
E. Rose (NLA), 1 December 1995. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 July 2014.

April 1996. Stray Find. Extending slightly to east and west.
Found in rabbit scrapes:
Prehistoric flint flakes.
Probably identified by finder [3].
D. Gurney (NLA), 11 April 1996. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 13 July 2014.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • FLAKE (Prehistoric - 1000000 BC to 42 AD)
  • BLADE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC to 4001 BC)

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Record last edited

Mar 1 2023 2:00PM

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