NHER 13221 (Find Spot record) - Multi-period finds and possible flint working site

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Summary

Finds of Neolithic flint blades and flakes, together with post medieval waste from gunflint manufacture, indicate that this area may have been both a prehistoric and post medieval flint working site. A post medieval jetton was found in the area in 1979.

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Map sheet TG20NE
Civil Parish KIRBY BEDON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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December 1977.
Found 12cm (five inches) deep in digging out two Victorian coins found with metal detector.
Grey brown Neolithic flint blade, 63mm long, 20mm wide at striking platform.
Seen by E. Rose (NAU) at NCM.

1979.
Hans Krauwinckel jetton found here.

1981.
Approximately same site. Surface finds, details not known.
Flint tools: two blades, one flake, one retouched flake.
Identified by F. Healy (NAU), May 1981.
E. Rose (NAU), 6 May 1981.

August 1981.
Approximately same site. South bank of river, about 60cm to 90cm (2 to 3 feet) deep.
Flint waste from gunflint manufacture.
Identified by A. Lawson (NAU) March 1983.

  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • BLADE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • RETOUCHED FLAKE (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2351 BC)
  • COIN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • DEBITAGE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • GUNFLINT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • TOKEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

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Record last edited

Nov 20 2006 10:26AM

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