NHER 1325 (Find Spot record) - Mesolithic flint flints

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Summary

Sometime prior to 1969 a number of potentially Mesolithic worked flints, including cores and waste material, were recovered from this location. These finds may suggest that a flint working site was situated here.

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Map sheet	TF74SW
Civil Parish	RINGSTEAD, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Before 1969. Fieldwalking. Old O.S field 153.
Various prehistoric worked flints found during fieldwalking by H. le Strange prior to 1969. These were identified by T. H. Mck. Clough (NCM) as cores and "waste material" of possible Mesolithic date. Information from (S1). See (S2) for further information on the fieldwork undertaken in Hunstranton District by le Strange. See NHER 1332 for details of further (currently unprovenanced) Mesolithic material found by le Strange in the Ringstead area.
E. Rose (NAU/NLA). Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 19 December 2013.

Associated Sources (3)

--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S1> SNF87256 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Mesolithic.
<S2> SNF6786 Article in Serial: Le Strange, H. 1968. A Collection of Flint Implements from the Hunstanton District. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. Vol LXI pp 1-7.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

FINDSPOT (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)

Object Types (2)

CORE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)
DEBITAGE (Mesolithic - 10000 BC? to 4001 BC?)

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Ringstead (Parish Summary)

Record last edited

Mar 14 2022 8:54AM